Daddy-Long-Legs / Dear Enemy by Jean Webster

The daily calamities and triumphs of an orphanage superintendent are wittily described, often accompanied by the author's own stick-figure illustrations. Both relationships are affected by Sallie's initial reluctance to commit herself to her job, and by her gradual realization of how happy the work makes her and how incomplete she'd feel without it. It also follows the development of Sallie's relationships with Gordon Hallock, a wealthy politician, and Dr. Webster employs the epistolary structure to good effect Sallie's choices of what to recount to each of her correspondents reveal a lot about her relationships with them.Īs Daddy-Long-Legs traced Judy Abbott's growth from a young girl into an adult, Dear Enemy shows how Sallie McBride grows from a frivolous socialite to a mature woman and an able executive. Among the recipients of the letters are Judy Jervis Pendleton, Judy's husband and the president of the orphanage where Sallie is filling in until a new superintendent can be installed Gordon Hallock, a wealthy Congressman and Sallie's later fiancé and the orphanage's doctor, embittered Scotsman Robin 'Sandy' MacRae (to whom Sallie addresses her letters: 'Dear Enemy').

The story is presented in a series of letters written by Sallie McBride, Judy Abbott's classmate and best friend in Daddy-Long-Legs. It was among the top 10 best sellers in the U.S. JSTOR ( January 2018) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)ĭear Enemy is the 1915 sequel to Jean Webster's 1912 novel Daddy-Long-Legs.Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.

Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Dimensions: 10.00in - 7.00in - 0.33in - 0.This article needs additional citations for verification.Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform.Webster employs the epistolary structure to good effect Sallie's choices of what to recount to each of her correspondents reveal a lot about her relationships with them Book Details

First published in 1915, it was among the top ten best sellers in the US in 1916.The story is presented in a series of letters written by Sallie McBride, Judy Abbott's classmate and best friend in Daddy-Long-Legs. Dear Enemy is the sequel to Jean Webster's novel Daddy-Long-Legs.

Daddy-Long-Legs / Dear Enemy by Jean Webster