I wrote to Yuki Sato, and she had nothing on jean Webster. Jules -----Original Message----- From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mary Boewe Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2013 8:50 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Jean Webster Jean Webster=E2=80=99s eight novels, which mostly focus on adolescent girls= , continue to enjoy a wide readership among people in Japan and South Korea= , much like ANNE OF GREEN GABLES. As a result, Yuki Sato, Culture Editor at= Tokyo=E2=80=99s MAINICHI SHIMBUN, has been working for some time on a Webs= ter biography, for which she has done research at the MTP in Berkeley, the= Vassar College archives, and elsewhere. Though her book probably will be p= ublished in Japanese, she also writes in English as may be seen in this art= icle: http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/55a/404.html Her email address i= s: [log in to unmask] Meanwhile, in addition to a fairly substantial Wikipedia piece, there is a= privately printed book length biography by Alan Simpson who, when he retir= ed from Vassar=E2=80=99s presidency, sequestered the Jean Webster collectio= n there until he finished this book. =20 Jean Webster was one of the guests at mark Twain=E2=80=99s 70th birthday pa= rty, where she is pictured in one of the plates published in Harper & Broth= ers=E2=80=99 Souvenir of that occasion. Mary Boewe ----- Original Message ----- Daddy Long-Legs is also a book, I think. My mother loved it when she was yo= =3D ung; was always trying to get me to read it. I knew about the connection w= =3D ith Twain, but I don't think anyone has seriously followed it up, so yes, B= =3D arb Schmidt is right; there's a paper topic here! Someone should do it! --= =3D susan harris Sent from my iPad On Jan 13, 2013, at 7:36 PM, "Gretchen Sharlow" <[log in to unmask]> wrot= =3D e: > Hey People, there's a paper here for the Elmira Conference..... See > you i= =3D n August! > ---- John Davis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:=3D20 >> *Daddy Long-legs *was the basis of several films beginning in the >>silent era, one with Mary Pickford, including a Fred Astaire musical >>in the fifties. I didb't know the Mark Twain connection. >>=3D20 >> On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 3:46 PM, Wesley Britton <[log in to unmask]> >>wr= =3D ote: >>=3D20 >>>=3D20 >>>=3D20 >>>=3D20 >>>=3D20 >>> Editing a biography of actor Ruth Chatterton, I ran across a >>>dmention o= =3D f >>> Mark Twain's niece, Jean Webster. Apparently, actor/producer Henry >>> Mi= =3D ller >>> had picked up a copy of Webster's popular book Daddy Long-Legs at a >>>newsstand and contacted the authorh about adapting it for the stage >>>in 1914. >>>=3D20 >>>=3D20 >>> The book has some comments on Webster, stressing Jean Webster >>>combined writing with social activism. "The story was inspired by >>>her work on behalf of orphans. She drew her material from monthly >>>visits to orphanages in= =3D New >>> England." >>>=3D20 >>>=3D20 >>>=3D20 >>> Variety praised, "Daddy Long-Legs is a full-grown comedy in which >>>the author has blended a laugh and a tear in almost every line."[i] >>>=3D20 >>>=3D20 >>>=3D20 >>> Apparently, the play was quite a success for several years and >>>perhaps helped pave the way for the sufferage movement. Never heard >>>of it before-anyone know more? >>>=3D20 >>>=3D20 >>>=3D20 >>>=3D20 >>>=3D20 >>>=3D20 >>>=3D20 >>> Dr. Wesley Britton >>>=3D20 >>> Co-host, Dave White Presents >>>=3D20 >>> www.audioentertainment.org/dwp >>>=3D20 >>> Spywise website >>>=3D20 >>> www.spywise.net >>>=3D20 >>>=3D20 >>>=3D20 >>>=3D20 >>> _____ >>>=3D20 >>> [i] Review of Daddy Long-Legs, Variety, February 27, 1914 >>=3D20 >>=3D20 >>=3D20 >> --=3D20 >> John H. Davis, Ph.D. >> Professor of English >> Department of Language and Literature Chowan University >>Murfreesboro, North Carolina 27855 >=3D20 --=20 Mary S. Boewe Fearrington Village=20 Mailing Address: 320 Fearrington Post=20 Pittsboro, NC 27312-8560=20 (919) 542-0934=20