Jerusha «Judy» Abbott es una huérfana de 17 años cuyo futuro parece ya marcado. Después de años de soledad y duro trabajo en el orfanato y con pocas posibilidades de prosperar, su vida da un vuelco inesperado pues...
Papaíto-Piernas Largas, publicada en 1912, narra la historia de la huérfana de 17 años Jerusha Abbot, quien ha vivido toda su vida en el Hogar John Grier y que, a pesar de tener que haber abandonado el centro a los 16 años,...
Judy Abbot, que ha vivido toda su vida en un orfanato, tiene un misterioso benefactor que está dispuesto a pagarle los estudios. A cambio, ella solo tiene que enviarle una carta al mes, no hacer preguntas, y nunca esperar respuestas. Pero sus carta...
Jean Webster (pseudonym for Alice Jane Chandler Webster, July 24, 1876 - June 11, 1916) was an American writer and author of many books including Daddy-Long-Legs and Dear Enemy. Her best-known books feature lively and likeable young female protagonists...
Jerusha Abbott was brought up at the John Grier Home, an old-fashioned orphanage. The children were completely dependent on charity and had to wear other people's cast-off clothes. Jerusha's unusual first name was selected by the matron off a gravestone...
Dear Enemy is the sequel to Jean Webster's novel Daddy-Long-Legs. First published in 1915, it was among the top ten best sellers in the US in 1916.[1] The story is presented in a series of letters written by Sallie McBride, Judy Abbott's classmate...
Peter and Billy, the two upper grooms at Willowbrook, were polishing the sides of the tall mail phaeton with chamois-skin rubbers and whistling, each a different tune, as they worked. So intent were they upon this musical controversy that they were not...
As Daddy-Long-Legs traced Judy Abbott's growth from a young girl into an adult, Dear Enemy shows how Sallie McBride grows from a frivolous socialite to a mature woman and an able executive. It also follows the development of Sallie's relationships...
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"Daddy-Long-Legs" is a 1912 novel by American writer Jean Webster. It revolves around Jerusha "Judy" Abbott, a young girl who grew up in an orphanage. When she is seventeen and her schooling is over, she remains at the orphanage to...
Originally published in 1903, âWhen Patty Went to Collegeâ is Jean Websterâs first novel. It is a comical exploration of life in an all-girls college at the turn of the twentieth century that concentra...
"The Four-Pools Mystery" is a 1908 novel by Jean Webster. "Jean Webster" is the pseudonym of Alice Jane Chandler Webster (1876 - 1916), an American writer who authored many well-known books including "Daddy-Long-Legs" and...
"Jerry Junior" is a 1907 novel by American writer Jean Websterâs. 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...
âJerry Juniorâ is a 1907 novel by American writer Jean Websterâs. Her third novel, it follows a wealthy upper-class American called Jerry who sets about to woo an attractive American woman whilst waiti...
âThe Wheat Princessâ is a 1905 novel by American writer Jean Webster. Inspired by the famous case of the Chicago âWheat Kingâ during the late 1890s, this volume looks at the potential...
âJust Pattyâ is a 1911 novel by American writer Jean Webster. Her sixth novel, it is a prequel to âWhen Patty Went to Collegeâ (1903) which chronicles the early years of the life of...