Jean Webster
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For the soup kitchen operator, see Jean Webster (cook).
Jean Webster was the pen name of Alice Jane Chandler Webster (July 24, 1876 – June 11, 1916), an American author whose books include Daddy-Long-Legs and Dear Enemy. 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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Born | Alice Jane Chandler Webster July 24, 1876 Fredonia, New York, U. S. |
Died | June 11, 1916(1916-06-11) (aged 39) New York City, U. S. |
Pen name | Jean Webster |
Occupation | Novelist and playwright |
Nationality | American |
Period | 1899–1916 |
Genre | Fiction |
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