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Original Title:	Daddy-Long-Legs
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Daddy-Long-Legs #1
Characters:	Jerusha "Judy" Abbott, Jervis Pendleton, Jimmy McBride, Julia Pendleton, Sallie McBride

Daddy-Long-Legs (Daddy-Long-Legs #1) Hardcover | Pages: 249 pages

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Title	:	Daddy-Long-Legs (Daddy-Long-Legs #1)
Author	:	Jean Webster
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	illustrations by the author
Pages	:	Pages: 249 pages
Published	:	1912 by Hodder & Stoughton
Categories	:	Classics. Fiction. Young Adult. Romance. Historical. Historical Fiction. Childrens

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When Jerusha Abbott, an eighteen-year-old girl living in an orphan asylum, was told that a mysterious millionaire had agreed to pay for her education, it was like a dream come true. For the first time in her life, she had someone she could pretend was "family." But everything was not perfect, for he chose to remain anonymous and asked that she only write him concerning her progress in school. Who was this mysterious gentleman and would Jerusha ever meet him?

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I found Daddy-Long-Legs courtesy of the lovely ladies over at Young Adult Anonymous and then devoured it in one sitting. (it is free for Kindle, though devoid of illustrations) Published in 1912, it is a series of letters from the fictional Jerusha (Judy) Abbott to the mysterious benefactor who plucks her from an orphanage and pays for her college. The conditions of receiving the monetary support are that he will remain anonymous (as such, Judy calls him many things but most often

Joudy abott my old friend.

How had I never come across this book before!? This was a wonderful, fun read. I wish I had read this as a young adult as I think I would have enjoyed it even more. The book is told from the POV of Jerusha Abbott, a seventeen year old orphan who, up until this point, has lived her entire life at the John Grier Home for orphans. In the opening, a narrator informs us that an unnamed trustee of the orphanage has offered to send Jerusha to college on the conditions that she doesn't know who he is

You should read this review if:1. You havent read this book and need to know why you should,or2. Youve read this book, but need to know about the connection between Daddy-Long-Legs and J.D. Salinger.(Okay, or: 3. Regardless of whether or not youve read this book, you now think Ive been smoking something I shouldnt have been. Please read this review so I can convince you otherwise. Thank you.)There is something to be said for not having read the classics as a kid provided, of course, you steal

This is such a perfectly chummy book! It was so delightful to reread it, a perfect pick-me-up in the midst of a fairly hectic month. This is one of those books where I chuckle out loud while reading it. (And then my family demands to know what's so funny and interrupt my reading, but oh well.) Judy Abbott's fish-out-of-water perspective on college, the lives of the rich girls around her, and knowledge are purely delightful. There's also a bit of a love story, not a sappy or sugary one, that I

Daddy-Long-Legs is a delightful short novel written in 1912. Basically it's along the lines of "Anne Shirley goes to a girls' college." It's mostly epistolary, told in the form of letters written by the main character where she talks (and jokes) about her daily life.At the beginning of our story, Jerusha is a 17 year old oppressed but imaginative girl who lives and works in an orphanage, where she's grown up. She's unexpectedly given the chance to go to college when one of the orphanage trustees

I highly recommend that men DON'T read this, and I highly recommend that women - particularly girls who enjoy Little Women, Jane Eyre, Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, etc. (basically old-fashioned chick flick books with substance) - DO read this. It's sweet and funny and different, not hard to get through in a day or two, and leaves you with a good feeling.