Daddy-Long-Legs & Dear Enemy (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Romance NovelsBy Jean Webster
Length12h 23m
About this audiobook
Collected together, Daddy-Long-Legs (1912) and Dear Enemy (1915) display Jean Webster's deft command of the epistolary novel, transforming letters into instruments of wit, self-discovery, and social criticism. The first follows orphan Jerusha "Judy" Abbott's education under an anonymous benefactor; the second turns to Sallie McBride's reform of an institutional orphan asylum. Light, ironic, and emotionally astute, both works belong to the Progressive Era's literature of female education, benevolence, and institutional reform. Jean Webster, born Alice Jane Chandler Webster, was educated at Vassar and moved in circles shaped by journalism, philanthropy, and reformist debate. As the grandniece of Mark Twain and daughter of a publishing family, she inherited a lively literary sensibility, but her own observations of orphanages, colleges, and women's expanding public roles gave these novels their distinctive moral intelligence and social urgency. This volume is warmly recommended to readers interested in classic women's fiction, epistolary artistry, and humane social satire. Webster's novels remain charming without being naïve, reformist without becoming doctrinaire, and their spirited heroines continue to speak persuasively to modern readers.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.3 (1.3K)
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GenreYoung Adult
Length12 hrs 23 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 9, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Daddy-Long-Legs (Annotated)
12April
2Introduction
13May
3Historical Context
14June
4Synopsis (Selection)
15July
5‘Blue Wednesday’
16August
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6The Letters Of Miss Jerusha Abbott to Mr. Daddy-long-legs Smith (pt. 1)
17November
7The Letters Of Miss Jerusha Abbott to Mr. Daddy-long-legs Smith (pt. 2)
18December
8Dear Enemy
19January
9Prologue:
20Analysis
10February
21Reflection
11March
22Memorable Quotes
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