A mystery novel by Jean Webster set in the Deep South during the Victorian Era. About the authorJean Webster, original name Alice Jane Chandler Webster, (born July 24, 1876, Fredonia, N.Y., U.S.died June 11, 1916, New York, N.Y.), American writer who is best remembered for her fiction bestseller DaddyLongLegs, which was also successful in stage and motion picture adaptations.Webster adopted the name Jean while attending the Lady Jane Grey School in Binghamton, New York. In 1901 she graduated from Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, where she was a classmate and close friend of the poet Adelaide Crapsey. Webster, who was a grandniece of Mark Twain, showed an early interest in writing. While in college she contributed a weekly column to the Poughkeepsie Sunday Courier and at the same time started writing the stories that were collected in her first book, When Patty Went to College (1903).Webster soon followed with The Wheat Princess (1905) and Jerry, Junior (1907), both inspired by her extended visit to Italy The Four Pools Mystery (1908), published anonymously Much Ado About Peter (1909) Just Patty (1911), more stories about her first character, who was perhaps modeled on Crapsey and DaddyLongLegs (1912), her most popular work. DaddyLongLegs, first serialized in the Ladies Home Journal, became a bestseller when published in book form. It was a successful stage play (1914) in Websters own adaptation, and a popular Mary Pickford silent film (1919). DaddyLongLegs was not...

Binding: Paperback;172 pages; Publisher: Bibliotech Press; Classification: N/A; Weight: 337.72 g; Dimensions: N/A

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