Dear Enemy is the sequel to novel Daddy-Long-Legs and follows the story of Sallie McBride, Judy Abbott's classmate and best friend in Daddy-Long-Legs. Dear Enemy shows how Sallie McBride grows from a frivolous socialite to a mature woman and an able executive. It also follows the development of Sallie's relationships with Gordon Hallock, a wealthy politician, and Dr. Robin MacRae, the orphanage's physician, (to whom Sallie addresses her letters: "Dear Enemy"). Both relationships are affected by Sallie's initial reluctance to commit herself to her job, and by her gradual realization of how happy the work makes her and how incomplete she'd feel without it.

One of the great novels of American girlhood, Jean Webster's Daddy-Long-Legs follows the adventures of an orphan named Judy Abbott, whose letters to her anonymous male benefactor trace her development as an independent thinker and writer.

“Menyebalkan!” kata Priscilla. “Keterlaluan!” kata Conny. “Kurang ajar!” kata Patty. “Beraninya mereka memisahkan kita setelah tiga tahun kita bersama-sama...” “Dan rasanya kita tidak terlalu nakal tahun kemarin. Banyak gadis lain yang mendapat lebih banyak nilai pelanggaran.” “Kenakalan kita memang agak mencolok saja,” Patty mengakui. “Tapi kita berkelakuan sangat baik selama tiga minggu terakhir,” sergah Conny. *** Ya, Patty dan kedua sahabatnya Connie Wilder dan Priscilla memang memiliki reputasi sebagai gadis-gadis yang bandel di asrama SMA St. Ursula, AS. Tapi uniknya, mereka juga adalah gadis-gadis yang cerdas. Setelah beberapa tahun bersama, Miss Lord—guru bahasa Latin mereka—meminta kepala sekolah untuk memisahkan ketiga gadis itu di tahun terakhir, agar mereka tak lagi menjadi teman sekamar. Patty dan kedua sahabatnya tidak terima. Mereka pun mengusahakan agar tetap bersatu, kembali menjadi roommate. Cara-cara yang mereka tempuh sangat banyak akal dan kocak. Keisengan dan kenakalan ketiga gadis itu berlanjut. Dari “pesta tengah malam”, hingga menjodohkan guru olahraga mereka, Miss Jellings, dengan Mr. Gilroy. Novel yang sangat menawan tentang persahabatan, kenakalan, dan tentu, kecerdasan gadis-gadis muda di awal abab ke-20. [Noura, Orange Publishing, Novel, Dewasa, Indonesia]

Judy Abbott is a lively, endearing young girl growing up in an orphanage. Her dreams of college seem in vain until the unknown benefactor offers to pay for her tuition. The only requirements are that she must write to him every month, and that she can never know who he is.

Recovering from a long illness, Boston businessman Carl Stanton is unable to accompany his fiancée Cornelia on a mid-winter trip to warm and sunny Jacksonville. Lonely, bored, and disappointed in Cornelia's lack of affection, Carl decides to answer an advertisement from the Serial-Letter Company, which promises real letters, delivering comfort and entertainment, from imaginary persons. Carl signs up for their love letter program, thinking he might have a bit of fun, and teach his fiancée a lesson in the process.

Dear Enemy is the sequel to Jean Webster's novel Daddy-Long-Legs. The story as presented in a series of letters written by Sallie McBride, Judy Abbott's college mate in Daddy-Long-Legs. Among the recipients of the letters are the president of the orphanage where Sallie is filling in until a new director can be installed, his wife (Judy Abbott of Daddy-Long-Legs), and the orphanage's doctor (to whom Sallie addresses her letters: "Dear Enemy").