One of the great novels of American girlhood, Jean Websteras Daddy-Long-Legs (1912) follows the adventures of an orphan named Judy Abbott, whose letters to her anonymous male benefactor trace her development as an independent thinker and writer. Its sequel, Dear Enemy (1915), follows the progress of Judyas former orphanage, now run by her friend Sallie McBride, who struggles to give her young charges hope and a new life.

General Information

ISBN : 9780143039068
Publisher : Penguin Publishing Group
Imprint : Penguin Publishing Group
Weight (g) : 0.263
Publication date : 01 November 2004
Produced in : United States
Availability date : 06 May 2004
Product Type : books

Other Specifications

Author : Jean Webster
Bind : Paperback
Language : English
Dewey classification : 813.52
Library of Con LOCSH : 2004048210
Pages : 357
Illustrations : illustrations

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Author description

Jean Webster (1876-1916) was the pen name of Alice Jane Chandler Webster. She was a grandniece of Mark Twain and the author of eight novels, her writing career blossomed amid the suffragist culture of upstate New York and Greenwich Village.