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Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster
5.0
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I have had a hardback copy of this book for many, many years. It is the 2nd oldest book in my family library. 1912 goes back to a simpler time. I recently came across an eBook edition from the Gutenberg Project, which I am thankful for, except that the eBook copy doesn't include Judy's delightful drawings.
Jerusha (Judy) Abbott is a foundling who spent all of her 18 years in an orphan's asylum called the John Grier Home. She doesn't know what the future holds or where she will go next. Most children are sent away from the orphanage at 16.
She finds out that she has a benefactor who wishes to remain anonymous, but she saw a fleeting glimpse of his shadow and instead of calling him Mr. John Smith as he wished, she renames him as Daddy Long Legs.
The mysterious benefactor wishes to send her to college to become an author. All of the doors of society are opened to Judy, she writes monthly to Daddy Long Legs to tell him of her studies and adventures.
Highly recommend for young adults, women of any age, and anyone else who enjoys a well written story.
#DaddyLongLegs #JeanWebster #ProjectGutenberg #YoungAdult #HistoricalFiction
I have had a hardback copy of this book for many, many years. It is the 2nd oldest book in my family library. 1912 goes back to a simpler time. I recently came across an eBook edition from the Gutenberg Project, which I am thankful for, except that the eBook copy doesn't include Judy's delightful drawings.
Jerusha (Judy) Abbott is a foundling who spent all of her 18 years in an orphan's asylum called the John Grier Home. She doesn't know what the future holds or where she will go next. Most children are sent away from the orphanage at 16.
She finds out that she has a benefactor who wishes to remain anonymous, but she saw a fleeting glimpse of his shadow and instead of calling him Mr. John Smith as he wished, she renames him as Daddy Long Legs.
The mysterious benefactor wishes to send her to college to become an author. All of the doors of society are opened to Judy, she writes monthly to Daddy Long Legs to tell him of her studies and adventures.
Highly recommend for young adults, women of any age, and anyone else who enjoys a well written story.
#DaddyLongLegs #JeanWebster #ProjectGutenberg #YoungAdult #HistoricalFiction