"It's much more entertaining to live books than to write them."
Daddy-Long-Legs
American writer Jean Webster (pen name of Alice Jane Chandler Webster) died #OTD in 1916.
Webster's first novel, "When Patty Went to College" (1903), was based on her experiences at Vassar and reflected her humor and insight into college life. Her most known novels are "Daddy-Long-Legs" (1912) and its sequel "Dear Enemy" (1915).
Books by Jean Webster at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/99