“Oh, Ruth, aku ingin memberimu satu dosis Pollyanna!” “Aku tidak menginginkannya, Della, aku bukan pasienmu yang perlu diberi obat….” “Pollyanna bukan obat, Sayangku, meskipun beberapa orang bilang dia sejenis penambah tenaga. Banyak orang mempraktikkan permainan sukacita yang dilakukannya.” “Permainan sukacita? Sungguh tak lazim!” *** Pollyanna beranjak dewasa, tapi perangainya tak berubah. Ia masih berusaha mempraktikkan permainan sukacita setiap saat. Ia menghadirkan keceriaan di rumah sahabat barunya, Mrs. Ruth Carew, yang dirundung duka akibat kehilangan keponakannya. Namun, masih dapatkah Pollyanna melihat sisi menggembirakan dalam hidup ketika pamannya yang baik hati, Dr. Chilton, meninggal dunia dan perekonomian keluarganya merosot? Mampukah ia menopang dan menghibur Bibi Polly, yang kembali menjadi pemuram dan menarik diri dalam kesedihan? Keberadaan Jimmy Bean, Jamie, dan Sadie di sekitar Pollyanna juga menghadirkan beragam warna dalam hidup gadis itu. Lika-liku persahabatan, keluarga, dan romantika cinta. [Lingkar Pena, Orange Books, Novel, Percintaan, Indonesia]

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Samuel Pepys is as much a paragon of literature as Chaucer and Shakespeare. His Diary is one of the principal sources for many aspects of the history of its period. In spite of its significance, all previous editions were inadequately edited and suffered from a number of omissions--until Robert Latham and William Matthews went back to the 300-year-old original manuscript and deciphered each passage and phrase, no matter how obscure or indiscreet. The Diary deals with some of the most dramatic events in English history. Pepys witnessed the London Fire, the Great Plague, the Restoration of Charles II, and the Dutch Wars. He was a patron of the arts, having himself composed many delightful songs and participated in the artistic life of London. His flair for gossip and detail reveals a portrait of the times that rivals the most swashbuckling and romantic historical novels. In none of the earlier versions was there a reliable, full text, with commentary and notation with any claim to completeness. This edition, first published in 1970, is the first in which the entire diary is printed with systematic comment. This is the only complete edition available; it is as close to Pepys’s original as possible.

Originally published: London: Bell & Hyman Limited, 1983.