when patty went to college

by Jean Webster

Book Overview

When Patty Went to College 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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B000QU6KCQ
• Release Date: January 1908
• Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Girls used to have fun

This is a collection of light-hearted stories about Patty, a fun-loving student at a prestigious girls' collge at the turn of the last century. The stories relate the various schemes and jokes she gets involved in, and her occasional acts of kindness towards other students. If you enjoyed 'Daddy Long Legs' then you may enjoy this too, though it lacks the coherent plot and the drama and romance of the later book. But it does give an enjoyable picture of life at college for girls who seemed to manage to enjoy themselves without the help of boys or drugs, and without a wearisome obsession with dieting (Patty and her friends are all hearty eaters). One cannot help feeling that, based on this book and 'Daddy Long Legs' college used to be a lot more fun than it is now.