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Jean Webster
Author profile
born
July 24, 1876
in Fredonia, New York, The United States
died
June 11, 1916
gender
female
website
genre
influences
Social Problems & young feelings
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Daddy Long Legs
  4.00 avg rating — 7,617 ratings
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published
1912
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157 editions
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Dear Enemy (Daddy-Long-Legs, #2)
 3.64 avg rating — 1,290 ratings
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published
1915
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69 editions
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Daddy-Long-Legs and Dear Enemy
by Jean Webster, Elaine Showalter  4.11 avg rating — 481 ratings
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published
1977
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7 editions
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When Patty Went to College
3.36 avg rating — 258 ratings
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published
1903
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33 editions
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Just Patty
3.73 avg rating — 117 ratings
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published
1911
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25 editions
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Jerry Junior
3.13 avg rating — 100 ratings
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published
1907
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13 editions
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Jerry
3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings
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published
2008
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8 editions
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The Wheat Princess (1916)
4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
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published
2008
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2 editions
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Much Ado About Peter
3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
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published
1905
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4 editions
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The Four Pools Mystery
3.40 avg rating — 10 ratings
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published
1908
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18 editions
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“It isn't the big troubles in life that require character. Anybody can rise to a crisis and face a crushing tragedy with courage, but to meet the petty hazards of the day with a laugh - I really think that requires spirit.
It's the kind of character that I am going to develop. I am going to pretend that all life is just a game which I must play as skillfully and fairly as I can. If I lose, I am going to shrug my shoulders and laugh - also if I win.”
― Jean Webster, Daddy Long Legs
It's the kind of character that I am going to develop. I am going to pretend that all life is just a game which I must play as skillfully and fairly as I can. If I lose, I am going to shrug my shoulders and laugh - also if I win.”
― Jean Webster, Daddy Long Legs
“I'm going to enjoy every second, and I'm going to know I'm enjoying it while I'm enjoying it. Most people don't live; they just race. They are trying to reach some goal far away on the horizon, and in the heat of the going they get so breathless and panting that they lose sight of the beautiful, tranquil country they are passing through; and then the first thing they know, they are old and worn out, and it doesn't make any difference whether they've reached the goal or not.”
― Jean Webster
― Jean Webster
“Half of the time I don't know what they're talking about; their jokes seem to relate to a past that everyone but me has shared. I'm a foreigner in the world and I don't understand the language.”
― Jean Webster
― Jean Webster
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