
The Best Little Women Novels - Jean Webster Edition
Daddy-Long-Legs, Dear Enemy, When Patty Went to College, Just Patty, Jerry JuniorBy Jean WebsterLength26h 25m
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This meticulously edited collection contains the best works of Jean Webster, American author of novels for young women. Her best-known books feature lively and likeable young female protagonists who come of age intellectually, morally, and socially, but with enough humor, snappy dialogue, and gently biting social commentary to make her books palatable and enjoyable to contemporary readers.
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"Daddy-Long-Legs" is a tale of Judy Abbott, orphan girl who gets adopted by an unknown benefactor who puts her through college, with here having an obligation to write him a monthly letter. Judy catches a glimpse of his shadow and only knows he is a tall long-legged man and because of this, she jokingly calls him Daddy-Long-Legs. The letters chronicles Judy's educational, personal, and social growth as she attends a "girl's college" on the East Coast.
"Dear Enemy" is the sequel to novel Daddy-Long-Legs and follows the story of Sallie McBride, Judy Abbott's classmate and best friend in Daddy-Long-Legs. Dear Enemy shows how Sallie McBride grows from a frivolous socialite to a mature woman and an able executive.
"Just Patty" – Patty and her two best friends Conny and Priscilla get into all sorts of mischief and shenanigans as they complete their final year at their private boarding school.
"When Patty Went to College" presents a humorous look at life in a women's college at the turn of the 20th century. Patty Wyatt, the protagonist of this story is a bright, fun-loving, imperturbable young woman who does not like to conform. The book describes her many escapades on campus during her senior year at college.
"Jerry Junior" tells the story of a wealthy upper-class American and a lovely young American woman who meet in a small Italian village.
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction
Length26 hrs 25 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 11, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Best Little Women Novels - Jean Webster Edition
33Chapter II An Early Fright
2Daddy-Long-Legs
34Chapter III The Impressionable Mr. Todhunter
3‘Blue Wednesday’
35Chapter IV A Question of Ethics
4The Letters Of Miss Jerusha Abbott to Mr. Daddy-long-legs Smith
36Chapter V The Elusive Kate Ferris
5First Year
37Chapter VI A Story with Four Sequels
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6Second Year
38Chapter VII In Pursuit of Old English
7Third Year
39Chapter VIII The Deceased Robert
8Fourth Year
40Chapter IX Patty the Comforter
9Prologue
41Chapter X "Per l'Italia"
10February
42Chapter XI "Local Color"
11March
43Chapter XII The Exigencies of Etiquette
12April
44Chapter XIII A Crash Without
13May
45Chapter XIV The Mystery of the Shadowed Sophomore
14June
46Chapter XV Patty and the Bishop
15July
47CHAPTER I
16August
48CHAPTER II
17November
49CHAPTER III
18December
50CHAPTER IV
19January
51CHAPTER V
20Chapter I Reform
52CHAPTER VI
21Chapter II The Romantic History of Cuthbert St. John
53CHAPTER VII
22Chapter III The Virgil Strike
54CHAPTER VIII
23Chapter IV The Third Man from the End
55CHAPTER IX
24Chapter V The Flannigan Honeymoon
56CHAPTER X
25Chapter VI The Silver Buckles
57CHAPTER XI
26Chapter VII "Uncle Bobby"
58CHAPTER XII
27Chapter VIII The Society of Associated Sirens
59CHAPTER XIII
28Chapter IX The Reformation of Kid McCoy
60CHAPTER XIV
29Chapter X Onions and Orchids
61CHAPTER XV
30Chapter XI The Lemon Pie and the Monkey-Wrench
62CHAPTER XVI
31Chapter XII The Gypsy Trail
63CHAPTER XVII
32Chapter I Peters the Susceptible
64CHAPTER XVIII