In The Four Pools Mystery the tyrannical plantation owner is deemed responsible for his own murder because of his mistreatment of the former slaves who continued in his employment after the war. Jean...

Jerusha Abbott was brought up at the John Grier Home, an old-fashioned orphanage. The children were wholly dependent on charity and had to wear other people's cast-off clothes. Jerusha's unusual first...

When Patty Went to College is Jean Webster's first novel, published in 1903. It is a humorous look at life in an all-girls college at the turn of the 20th century. Patty Wyatt, the protagonist of this...

The Greatest Works of Jean Webster is a collection of the most celebrated novels and short stories by the beloved author. Webster's writing style is characterized by its warmth, humor, and insightful...

'Jerry Junior', by Jean Webster, is a delightful little romance for light reading. The hero, an ingenious American youth, finds himself stranded at an Italian hotel with no diversion but the view, the...

A book which relates some of the earlier adventures of the Patty who went to college. The adventures are of the happy, healthy sort in which every girl of school age will delight. Older readers, too,...

The books of Jean Webster, like 'Just Patty' or 'When Patty Went to College' have already shown her rare touch of humor. The letters which Judy writes to her anonymous benefactor might have been cut and...

In this novel a study is presented of a common enough American experience, but from a new point of view. Copley, the wheat king, has cornered the American supply of wheat. His daughter Marcia, who is...

Here is one of the best, if not the best, stories of mystery and tragedy of the 1900 years. To 'Four-Pools,' a quiet stock-farm set in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley, comes a worn-out New York lawyer...

Jean Webster's novel 'Daddy-Long-Legs' is a timeless classic that follows the story of Jerusha Abbott, a young orphan who is sent to college by an unknown benefactor whom she calls 'Daddy-Long-Legs'....

Jean Webster's 'Daddy-Long-Legs' is a charming epistolary novel that tells the story of Jerusha Abbott, a young orphan girl who receives a scholarship to college from an anonymous benefactor known only...

Of all the college stories that have been published in the past hundred or so years, those gathered by Jean Webster into her book 'When Patty Went to College' are among the best. Never before has that...

Jean Webster's novel 'Dear Enemy' is a captivating epistolary work that follows the story of Sallie McBride, a young woman who unexpectedly finds herself in charge of an orphanage. Through Sallie's letters...

Jean Webster's novel 'Dear Enemy' is a classic work of fiction that delves into the complexities of societal norms and individual growth. Written in a charming and witty epistolary style, the book captures...

'Dear Enemy', by Jean Webster, is a novel the events of which are related in the form of letters by the heroine. A formal introduction, indeed, to one of the most intimate, realistic and thoroughly enjoyable...

Jerry, jeune touriste américain qui passe ses vacances en Italie, doit rester quelques jours dans un hôtel isolé en attendant l'arrivée de sa tante. Il apprend qu'une jolie Américaine loge dans la villa...

Un mystery novel dall'autrice di Papà GambalungaArnold Crosby, avvocato di New York abituato a frenetici ritmi lavorativi, ha deciso di concedersi una breve vacanza per distendere i nervi. Si reca quindi...

Dear Judy: Your letter is here. I have read it twice, and with amazement. Do I understand that Jervis has given you, for a Christmas present, the making over of the John Grier Home into a model institution,...

Judy Abbot is brought up at an orphanage, the John Grier Home. Her life changes when one of the trustees offers to send Judy to college. Her wealthy benefactor wants nothing in return apart from a monthly...

Sono gli albori del Novecento quando Patty Wyatt, una studentessa americana all’ultimo anno di college, vive con spensieratezza la quotidianità del campus insieme alle sue amiche. Brillante, vivace e...

Scritti tra il 1898 e il 1901, gli “Juvenilia” raccolti in questo volume rappresentano tutti i racconti che Jean Webster pubblicò sulle riviste universitarie negli anni in cui era una studentessa del...

Jerymn Hilliard Junior è un ricco scapolo americano in vacanza a Valedolmo, deliziosa cittadina affacciata sul Lago di Garda. Immerso nella tranquillità del luogo, tutta quella pace ben presto lo annoia:...

Marcia è la bellissima figlia di un milionario americano, giunta in Italia per trascorrere la primavera insieme agli zii, Howard e Katherine Copley, in un’antica dimora situata nei pressi di Palestrina....

The first Wednesday in every month was a Perfectly Awful Day-a day to be awaited with dread, endured with courage and forgotten with haste. Every floor must be spotless, every chair dustless, and every...

The impetuous but nonetheless highly intelligent, street smart Patty Wyatt goes to a turn of the century, all-girls college where she studies here and there during whatever time remains after delivering...

As amigas Patty, Conny e Priscilla ficam horrorizadas quando descobrem que devem dormir em quartos separados no último ano do internato. Mas elas não vão ficar de braços cruzados! Alegre e animada, Patty...

Sallie McBride está acostumada com as riquezas e a opulência da alta sociedade. Sua vida sofre uma reviravolta quando ela recebe um convite inesperado: ser a encarregada de um orfanato rural. Na companhia...

Young orphan Judy Abbott’s life is turned upside down following an unexpected message. An anonymous benefactor has offered to pay for Judy to attend college on one condition – she must write to the mysterious...

In "Much Ado About Peter," Jean Webster employs her signature wit and sharp social commentary to explore the complexities of human relationships and societal expectations. This charming epistolary novel...

When Patty Went to College is Jean Webster's first novel, published in 1903. It is a humorous look at life in an all-girls college at the turn of the 20th century. Patty Wyatt, the protagonist of this...