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1Dear Enemy

By Jean Webster

<i>Dear Enemy</i> is the sequel to Jean Webster's novel <i>Daddy-Long-Legs</i>. The story as presented in a series of letters written by Sallie McBride, Judy Abbott's college mate in <i>Daddy-Long-Legs</i>. Among the recipients of the letters are the president of the orphanage where Sallie is filling in until a new director can be installed, his wife (Judy Abbott of <i>Daddy-Long-Legs</i>), and the orphanage's doctor (to whom Sallie addresses her letters: "Dear Enemy"). (Summary from Wikipedia)

2Daddy-Long-Legs

By Jean Webster

<i>Daddy-Long-Legs</i> is a 1912 novel by an American writer Jean Webster, written in the form of letters. It follows the protagonist, a young girl named Jerusha “Judy” Abbott, through her college years. She writes the letters to her benefactor, a rich man whom she has never seen.<br /> (Summary from Wikipedia)

3Four-Pools Mystery

By Jean Webster

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. <br><br /> Jean Webster (pseudonym for Alice Jane Chandler Webster) was born July 24, 1876 and died June 11, 1916. She was an American writer and author of many books including Daddy-Long-Legs and Dear Enemy. (Wikipedia)

4Just Patty

By Jean Webster

Patty, Conny, and Priscilla are the best of friends, and roommates at boarding school. While the teachers might say they are mischievous, even troublemakers, Patty and her friends act only in accordance with their convictions. From forming a labor union to furnishing a house for the neighbors, Patty's ideas are unconventional, yet loads of fun. Just Patty is the prequel to When Patty Went to College, the first novel by the author of Daddy-Long-Legs and Dear Enemy.(Summary by Lorelle Anderson)

5Duchess of Malfi

By John Webster

John Webster's bloody Jacobean tragedy exposes the decadence of the Italian court. The virtuous Duchess of Malfi, a young widow, secretly marries her steward Antonio, and is subsequently persecuted by her brothers: the sexually obsessed and eventually mad Ferdinand, and the corrupt Cardinal. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett).<br /><br /><strong>Characters:</strong> <br /><br /> Narrator/Stage Directions & Castruccio -- <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3657">BellonaTimes</a> Delio -- <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/152">Andy Minter</a><br /> Antonio -- <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3595">Martin Geeson</a><br /> Bosola -- <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/2624">David Nicol</a><br /> Cardinal, 2nd Servant, 2nd Officer, Executioner -- <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3724">jonesy</a><br /> Ferdinand -- <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/1492">mb</a><br /> Silvio -- <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/2234">Lars Rolander</a><br /> Roderigo -- <a href="http://dev.librivox.org/reader/1823">David Muncaster</a><br /> Grisolan -- <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3994">Miriam Esther Goldman</a><br /> Cariola -- <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3536">Arielle Lipshaw</a><br /> Duchess, Cardinal's Servant, 3rd Officer -- <a href="http://dev.librivox.org/reader/1259">Elizabeth Klett</a><br /> Old Lady -- <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3843">storm</a><br /> 1st Servant, 1st Officer, Servant -- <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3916">Daniel Hutton</a><br /> Julia -- <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3526">Bereni</a><br /> 4th Officer, 4th Madman, Malatesti -- <a href="http://dev.librivox.org/reader/204">Mark F. Smith</a><br /> Pescara -- <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4358">Kim Stich</a><br /> 1st Pilgrim, 1st Madman -- <a href="http://dev.librivox.org/reader/3615">Lucy Perry</a><br /> 2nd Pilgrim, 2nd Madman-- <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3664">Barry Eads</a><br /> 2nd Madman, Doctor -- <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/1085">hefyd</a><br />

6Calumet “K”

By Samuel Merwin, Sr. and Henry Kitchell Webster

"A novel, with several elements of rather unusual interest. As a tale, it is swift, simple, and absorbing, and one does not willingly put it down until it is finished. It has to do with grain-elevator business, with railways, strikes, and commercial and financial matters generally, woven skillfully into a human story of love." --<i>The Commercial Advertiser</i><br /><br /> "'Calumet "K"' is a novel that is exciting and absorbing, but not the least bit sensational. It is the story of a rush.... The book is an unusually good story; one that shows the inner workings of the labor union, and portrays men who are the bone and sinew of the earth."--<i>The Toledo Blade</i>.<br /><br /> "The heroine in this case is the hero's stenographer; but the action of the story grows out of the attempt of rival capitalists and grain men to balk the building of a grain elevator by a set date." --<i>The Burlington Free Press</i><br /><br /> (Excerpts from the advertising material at the end of "<a href="http://librivox.org/the-merry-anne-by-samuel-merwin/">The Merry Anne</a>" by Samuel Merwin)<<br /><br /> <i>Note: This book contains racial comments that may be offensive to modern listeners.</i>

7Daddy-Long-Legs Version 2

By Jean Webster

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 name was selected by the matron off a grave stone, while her surname was selected out of the phone book. At the age of 18, she has finished her education and is at loose ends, still working in the dormitories at the institution where she was brought up.<br /><br /> One day, after the asylum's trustees have made their monthly visit, Jerusha is informed by the asylum's dour matron that one of the trustees has offered to pay her way through college. He has spoken to her former teachers and thinks she has potential to become an excellent writer. He will pay her tuition and also give her a generous monthly allowance. Jerusha must write him a monthly letter, because he believes that letter-writing is important to the development of a writer. However, she will never know his identity; she must address the letters to Mr. John Smith, and he will never reply.<br /><br /> Jerusha catches a glimpse of the shadow of her benefactor from the back, and knows he is a tall long-legged man. Because of this, she jokingly calls him "Daddy Long-Legs." She attends a women's college, but the name and location are never identified; however, men from Princeton University are frequently mentioned as dates, so it is certainly on the East Coast. The college is almost certainly based on the author's alma mater, Vassar College, judging from college traditions mentioned. She illustrates her letters with childlike line drawings, also created by Jean Webster. (Summary by Wikipedia)

8Short Line War

By Samuel Merwin, Sr. and Henry Kitchell Webster

"<i>The Short Line War</i> is a story that will appeal more particularly to the sterner sex, and we take it that the hyphenated name, Merwin-Webster, stands for two healthy-minded young men who have put their heads together and who have mapped out this story of a railroad war, in which politics form a considerable part. Jim Weeks is the central figure in the fight, and we like him so much better for knowing of the romance in his early life. He was a man 'without much instinct or imagination; he took everything seriously and literally, he could not understand a whim'--therefore a very foolish little woman came into his life only to leave it desolate. And when we meet him again after the years have rounded him, and when he stands 'before the world a man of solid achievement, calm, successful, satisfied,' we are quite prepared for the kind and tender things he does for the son of the woman he once loved. <i>The Short Line War</i> is <i>not</i> essentially a love story, which fact led us at the start to say that its healthy, vigorous style, with its politics and its railroads, will lead many a masculine novel reader to find enjoyment in its pages." -- <i>Bookman</i> (1899)

9Bob the Castaway

By Frank V. Webster

Frank V Webster was a pseudonym controlled by the Stratemeyer Syndicate, the first book packager of books aimed at children. This pseudonym was used on books for boys from the early 1900s through the 1930s. <br><br> Bob the Castaway follows the antics of young prankster Bob Henderson, his parents futile attempts to get him to mend his ways, and his subsequent nautical adventures. (Introduction by Nigel Boydell)

10White Devil

By John Webster

John Webster's <i>The White Devil</i> (1612) is a Jacobean revenge tragedy, replete with adultery, murder, ghosts, and violence. The Duke of Brachiano and Vittoria Corombona decide to kill their spouses, Isabella and Camillo, in order to be together, aided by the crafty and ambitious Flamineo, Vittoria's brother. Their actions prompt vows of revenge from Isabella's brother Francisco, the Duke of Florence, and Count Lodovico, who was secretly in love with her. The title refers to the early modern proverb that "the white devil is worse than the black," indicating the hypocrisy practiced by many of the characters in the play. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)<br/><br/><strong>Cast</strong><br>Lodovico: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3595">Martin Geeson</a><br>Antonelli/Conjurer: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3618">Timothy Ferguson</a><br>Gasparo: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6333">Max Korlinge</a><br>Brachiano: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/1492">mb</a><br>Vittoria Corombona: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/1259">Elizabeth Klett</a><br>Flamineo: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/2624">David Nicol</a><br>Camillo: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/2234">Lars Rolander</a><br>Cornelia: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6173">Carol Box</a><br>Zanche: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3615">Lucy Perry</a><br>Francisco De Medici: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3699">Bruce Pirie</a><br>Isabella: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4174">Availle</a><br>Giovanni: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3536">Arielle Lipshaw</a><br>Marcello: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6035">Marty Kris</a><br>Monticelso: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6535">Ron Altman</a><br>Doctor/English Ambassador: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4705">Algy Pug</a><br>Lawyer: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4738">Leonard Wilson</a><br>French Ambassador/Hortensio: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6754">Todd</a><br>Servant/Page: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6548">Kristingj</a><br>Matron/Woman: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3816">Bev J. Stevens</a><br>Narrator: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/2911">David Lawrence</a><br><br><strong>Audio edited by Elizabeth Klett</strong>

11When Patty Went to College

By Jean Webster

<i>When Patty Went to College</i> 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 story is a bright, fun loving, imperturbable girl who does not like to conform. The book describes her many escapades on campus during her senior year at college. Patty enjoys life on campus and uses her energies in playing pranks and for the entertainment of herself and her friends. An intelligent girl, she uses creative methods to study only as much as she feels necessary. Patty is, however, a believer in causes and a champion of the weak. She goes out of her way to help a homesick freshman Olivia Copeland who believes she will be sent home when she fails four subjects in the examination. (Summary by wikipedia.org)

12Jerry

By Jean Webster

Jerry is the humorous story of a young man's attempt to win his lady. Jerry is waiting for his friends at a hotel in Italy, and is bored and lonely. When he hears that a beautiful American lady, Constance Wilder, is staying nearby, he tries to visit her. After an awkward first meeting, he tries to catch her attention by pretending to be a peasant tour guide. She recognizes him for what he is, but pretends not to, and a lively charade is carried on as they tease and fall in love. A clean, sweet, funny historical fiction/romance. (Summary by chaya)

13Quilts, Their Story and How to Make Them

By Marie D. Webster

Although the quilt is one of the most familiar and necessary articles in our households, its story is yet to be told. In spite of its universal use and intimate connection with our lives, its past is a mystery which -- at the most -- can only be partially unraveled. (from the Introduction)

Uncompleted at her death, Augusta Webster's posthumously published sonnet sequence Mother and Daughter celebrates the relationship between a mother and her only child. As well as reflecting on aging and mortality, the sonnets express joy and love. This volume includes seven additional sonnets on other themes. - Summary by Newgatenovelist

Jerusha Abbott heeft een sobere jeugd gehad in een 'vondelingengesticht'. Als ze 18 jaar is, mag ze op kosten van één van de regenten van het gesticht naar de universiteit, op voorwaarde dat ze hem elke maand een brief schrijft. Hij wil anoniem blijven, en het enige wat ze van hem gezien heeft is een vervormde schaduw van een man met lange armen en benen, dus noemt ze hem 'Vadertje Langbeen'. Haar levendige brieven, vol belevenissen op de universiteit, met haar vrienden, en op vakantie, volgen haar ontwikkeling tijdens haar studie. Zal ze 'Vadertje Langbeen' ooit ontmoeten?<BR><BR> Geschreven door Jean Webster in 1912; de vertaler van deze editie is onbekend. Jean Webster maakte zelf de tekeningen in de brieven. (Samenvatting door Anna Simon)

16Wheat Princess

By Jean Webster

Marcia Copley, an American Heiress, comes to Rome. Typically for the period, she may want to attract an aristocrat. He brings the title, she brings the money to support it. Her adventures in Rome are different than she anticipated. Rich and poor live side by side, and the author does her best to describe both walks of life vividly and truthfully. Jean Webster is the author of Daddy Long Legs and Dear Enemy. This particular novel would also please fans of Henry James and George Gissing. - Summary by Stav Nisser.

In this sequence Augusta Webster experimented with eight-line verses grouped thematically by the seasons of the year. These poems also explore the cyclical stages of life from youth, courtship and parenthood through age and loss. Summary by Newgatenovelist.

Henry Kitchell Webster is an American author best know for his detective novels. The Ghost Girl opens with a murder mystery. A young woman's frozen, yet perfectly preserved, body is found in the river. As the family discusses this news of the day, good friend Jeffrey returns from a sabbatical, suddenly undertaken after finishing a commission to paint the portrait of a dead girl. The mystery deepens as the chapters progress and Jeffrey and Drew investigate as the haunting coincidences begin to pile up. ( Kate Follis)

New friends Drew and Jeffrey are drawn into the investigation of the mysterious death of Dr. Marshall. Romance and intrigue abound and you'll be kept guessing up to the end as to who the murderer could be. ( Kate Follis)

An early influential work describing the features contained within the new Constitution that was produced out of the Constitutional Convention in late 1787. - Summary by progressingamerica Full title: "An Examination into the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution Proposed by the Late Convention Held at Philadelphia, with Answers to the Principle Objections that Have Been Raised Against the System"

Young cowboy Roy Bradner is sent by his ailing father to check on some of his rental properties in New York City. On the train ride a little run-in with some swindlers leaves him with a new friend, and several new enemies. Follow Roy's many adventures as he tries to navigate the unfamiliar complexities of city life while investigating the potential fraud being worked upon his father's property. - Summary by LuellaMargaret Frank V. Webseter was a house pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate.