Jean Webster: 49 books

“The Wheat Princess” is a 1905 novel by American writer Jean Webster. Inspired by the famous case of the Chicago “Wheat King” during the late 1890s, this volume looks at the potential effects of a similar wheat monopoly in Italy, a country which relies heavily on imported wheat to feed its...

“Jerry Junior” is a 1907 novel by American writer Jean Webster's. Her third novel, it follows a wealthy upper-class American called Jerry who sets about to woo an attractive American woman whilst waiting for his sister to arrive in an Italian village. Set in the 1900s, this romantic comedy will...

Daddy Long-Legs is a 1912 epistolary book by the American author Jean Webster. It follows the protagonist, a young girl named Jerusha "Judy" Abbott, through her college years. She writes the letters to her benefactor, a rich man whom she has never seen. This edition has been formatted for...

Jerry Junior Jean Webster, american writer (1876-1916) This ebook presents «Jerry Junior», from Jean Webster. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents -01- About this book -02- JERRY JUNIOR

This comprehensive eBook presents the complete works or all the significant works - the Œuvre - of this famous and brilliant writer in one ebook - easy-to-read and easy-to-navigate: • Daddy-Long-Legs • Daddy Long-Legs: A Comedy in Four Acts • Dear Enemy • When Patty Went to College • The...

The Four-Pools Mystery Jean Webster, american writer (1876-1916) This ebook presents «The Four-Pools Mystery», from Jean Webster. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents -01- About this book -02- INTRODUCING TERRY...

According to Wikipedia: "Jean Webster (pseudonym for Alice Jane Chandler Webster) was born July 24, 1876 and died June 11, 1916. She was an American writer and author of many books including Daddy-Long-Legs and Dear Enemy."

One of the great novels of American girlhood, Jean Webster's 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...

Much Ado About Peter written by American writer and author Jean Webster. This book is one of many works by him.  It has already published in 1909. And now republish in ebook format. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and...

A tender love-story about 113 orphans and a dour young Scotch surgeon who had forgotten how to smile, and of Sallie McBride, of "Daddy-Long-Legs" fame, who has a tremendous time teaching them how to laugh again. Sequel to Daddy Long-legs. If you've read Daddy-Long-Legs or even seen...

IF you leave the city by the Porta Maggiore and take the Via Prænestina, which leads east into the Sabine hills, at some thirty-six kilometers’ distance from Rome you will pass on your left a grey-walled village climbing up the hillside. This is Palestrina, the old Roman Præneste; and a short...

At the age of eighteen, the orphan Jerusha Abbott is plucked from the institution and put through college by a mysterious benefactor. His only condition is that she write him a letter every month, to practice the writers' craft. Her colorful letters about college life are accompanied by drawings from Webster's own pen.

Just Patty is the prequel to When Patty Went to College , which was Webster's first novel. We see the same lovable prankster at school, causing just as much havoc as ever and delighting her fellow students with her scornful disregard for rules and etiquette.

I Classici Tascabili hanno tutta la ricchezza dei grandi capolavori della letteratura per ragazzi. Cosa può aspettarsi dalla vita un'orfana come Jesusha Abbott? Tutto, se ha la fortuna di imbattersi in Papà Gambalunga, il generoso benefattore che le consente di frequentare l'università in cambio di una sola lettera al mese!