Pauline Lester

Pauline Lester
Pauline Lester was an American author known for writing the "Marjorie Dean" series, which was popular in the early 20th century. Her books, aimed primarily at young girls, centered around the life and adventures of a high school and college-aged protagonist named Marjorie Dean. Lester's works focused on themes such as friendship, loyalty, and personal growth. Beyond the "Marjorie Dean" series, she wrote other titles under her own name as well as pseudonyms, contributing to the genre of early 20th-century girls' literature.

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THE PARTING OF THE WAYS "What am I going to do without you, Marjorie?" Mary Raymond's blue eyes looked suspiciously misty as she solemnly regarded her chum. "What am I going to do without you, you mean," corrected Marjorie Dean, with a wistful smile. "Please, please don't let's talk of it. I simply can't bear it." "One, two—only two more weeks now,"... more...

CHAPTER I THE RETURN. "Hamilton, at last!" Marjorie Dean's utterance expressed her satisfaction of the journey's near end. "Yes; Hamilton, at last," repeated Muriel Harding. "This September it doesn't matter a particle whether or not we are met at the station. We are sophomores. We know what to do and where to go without the help of the celebrated Sans Soucians."... more...

"Come on in, Connie. The water's fine!" invited Marjorie Dean, beckoning with one round, dripping arm to the girl on the sands, while with the other she kept herself lazily afloat. The sun of a perfect August morning poured down upon the white beach, dotted here and there with ambitious bathers, who had grasped Time firmly by his venerated forelock, and fared forth with the proverbial... more...