Author:Jean Webster

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Jean Webster (1876–1916)

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American author, Mark Twain's grandniece; whose best known book, Daddy-Long-Legs, was adapted into numerous plays, films, TV serials, and even a musical anime television special in Japan.

Jean Webster

Works

• When Patty Went to College (1903) illus. C. D. Williams
• Wheat Princess (1905)
• Jerry Junior (1907)
• The Four Pools Mystery (1908)
• Much Ado About Peter (1909) (transcription project)

(Most chapters first published as individual short stories in various magazines)

• I. Gervie Zame, Gervie Door
• II. The Ruffled Frock
• III. Their Innocent Diversions
• IV. Dignity and the Elephant
• V. The Rise of Vittorio
• VI. Held for Ransom
• VII. George Washington's Understudy
• VIII. A Usurped Prerogative
• IX. Mrs. Carter as Fate
• X. A Parable for Husbands

• Just Patty (1911) Prequel to When Patty Went to College (1903)
• Daddy-Long-Legs (1912) illus. by author
• Dear Enemy (1915) Sequel to Daddy-Long-Legs (1912) illus. by author (transcription project)

Individual short works

Included in Much Ado About Peter, 1909

• ' "Gervie Zame, Gervie Door",' (ss) McClure's Sep 1905
• "Miss Ethel's Dress," (ss) McClure's Oct 1905 (as "The Ruffled Frock" in MAAP)
• "The Rise of Vittorio," (ss) The American Magazine Oct 1908
• "George Washington's Understudy," (ss) Hampton's Magazine Feb 1909
• "Mrs. Carter As Fate," (ss) McClure's Nov 1905
• "A Parable for Husbands," (ss) McClure's Dec 1905

Others

• "On Lone Tree Hill," (ss) The Smart Set Nov 1909
• "What Happened at School," (ss) The Independent May 11 1918
• "When Patty Went to Boarding School," (ss) Ladies' Home Journal Apr 15 1911