Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster Jerusha Abbott has grown up in the John Grier Home for orphans. As the
oldest, she is in charge of the younger children. An anonymous
benefactor on the Board, "Mr. Smith," decides to send her to college,
as long as she writes to him faithfully detailing her education.
Dear Enemy by Jean Webster Sallie has been asked by her college buddy, the Judy Abbott of Daddy Long-Legs, to run the John Grier Home. A cheerful and unabashed socialite waiting for her Congressman boyfriend to propose, Sallie takes on the job on a temporary basis. She meets with opposition from some quarters, but finds some unexpected support coming in from the dour Scot she nicknames "Dear Enemy".
When Patty Went to College (1903): A humorous look at life in an all girls college at the turn of the 19th century. Patty Wyatt is a bright, fun loving, imperturbable girl who does not like to conform and is a believer in causes. The book describes her escapades during her senior year at college.
Just Patty (1911): A compilation of the adventures of Patty Wyatt and her best friends Connie Wilder and Priscilla in their Senior year at St. Ursula's boarding school. The girls' adventures include exposing a fictitous romance created by the worldly Mae Mertelle and facilitating the romance of gymnasium teacher Miss Jellings and Mr Gilroy with a little judicious Gypsy fortune telling.
Wheat Princess (1905): Miss Marcia Copley, the daughter of the American Wheat King, visits Italy with her aunt Mrs. Howard Copley
Jerry Junior (1907) (Also published as Jerry): Never before in the history of his connection with the Hotel du Lac had Gustavo encountered such a munificent, companionable, expansive, entertaining, thoroughly unique and inexplicable guest! Yesterday this guest had rung the bell and demanded a partner to play lawn tennis -- as if the hotel kept partners laid away in drawers like so many sheets.
Much Ado About Peter (1909): The adventures of Peter, the footman with a roving eye.
Four-Pools Mystery (1908): Could a tyrannical plantation owner be responsible for his own murder? A story of mystery and tragedy, in which the portrayal of life on a Southern plantation and the horror and fear roused in the negroes by what they believed manifestations of the ancestral "ha'nt" is clearly and vividly done.
Dear Enemy by Jean Webster Sallie has been asked by her college buddy, the Judy Abbott of Daddy Long-Legs, to run the John Grier Home. A cheerful and unabashed socialite waiting for her Congressman boyfriend to propose, Sallie takes on the job on a temporary basis. She meets with opposition from some quarters, but finds some unexpected support coming in from the dour Scot she nicknames "Dear Enemy".
When Patty Went to College (1903): A humorous look at life in an all girls college at the turn of the 19th century. Patty Wyatt is a bright, fun loving, imperturbable girl who does not like to conform and is a believer in causes. The book describes her escapades during her senior year at college.
Just Patty (1911): A compilation of the adventures of Patty Wyatt and her best friends Connie Wilder and Priscilla in their Senior year at St. Ursula's boarding school. The girls' adventures include exposing a fictitous romance created by the worldly Mae Mertelle and facilitating the romance of gymnasium teacher Miss Jellings and Mr Gilroy with a little judicious Gypsy fortune telling.
Wheat Princess (1905): Miss Marcia Copley, the daughter of the American Wheat King, visits Italy with her aunt Mrs. Howard Copley
Jerry Junior (1907) (Also published as Jerry): Never before in the history of his connection with the Hotel du Lac had Gustavo encountered such a munificent, companionable, expansive, entertaining, thoroughly unique and inexplicable guest! Yesterday this guest had rung the bell and demanded a partner to play lawn tennis -- as if the hotel kept partners laid away in drawers like so many sheets.
Much Ado About Peter (1909): The adventures of Peter, the footman with a roving eye.
Four-Pools Mystery (1908): Could a tyrannical plantation owner be responsible for his own murder? A story of mystery and tragedy, in which the portrayal of life on a Southern plantation and the horror and fear roused in the negroes by what they believed manifestations of the ancestral "ha'nt" is clearly and vividly done.
