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Dear Enemy

Dear Enemy

Jean Webster

<i>Dear Enemy</i>, published in 1915, is the sequel to Jean Webster's <i>Daddy-Long-Legs</i>. The novel unfolds through a series of letters written by Sallie McBride, a college friend of Judy Abbott, as she temporarily directs an orphanage. The correspondence is addressed to various recipients, including Judy and the orphanage's doctor, whom Sallie affectionately calls 'Dear Enemy.' This epistolary format offers a unique perspective on the challenges and joys of managing the orphanage while deepening the connection to the characters from the first book.

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Dear Enemy is the sequel to Jean Webster's novel Daddy-Long-Legs. The story as presented in a series of letters written...

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