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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 |
Jean Webster
Hardcover | Pages: 249 pages Rating: 4.14 | 40432 Users | 4584 Reviews
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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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| 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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Ratings: 4.14 From 40432 Users | 4584 ReviewsWrite Up Containing Books Daddy-Long-Legs (Daddy-Long-Legs #1)
2019 ReviewIt could never be written today. Not to commit the cardinal sin and reference the m-o-v-i-e but I was re-watching the Fred Astaire version of of Daddy Long Legs, which I hated the first time I saw, and I realized that even for 1955 this was a hard plot to swallow. That's why they tweaked it the way they did and address the elephant in the room: you've got quite the age and power gap between the main couple. But by golly I still love this book. And the movie isn't too bad either if youOkay Ladies, this one's for you!This book had me at about the eleventh word and I was in love with it around page thirteen! The main character is a hoot; she's hilarious, spunky and just plain likable!Jerusha Abbott, and sadly yes, that's the name she received at the asylum, is an orphan who discovers at age 18 that a mysterious and anonymous benefactor wishes to pay her way through college. The condition: she must write a letter once a month to this unknown person which she nicknames
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.
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
I've been reading comments here and there about how this book is not that good and the central relationship is creepy and it is anti-feminist. THIS IS SO NOT TRUE.(Well, of course if you think it's not that good, that's your prerogative; I won't go that far; but I don't understand, either.)This book is amazing. Judy is so completely accessible, and her roommates and college friends are so funny. It's a joy to read about someone who is just so excited to do EVERYTHING, but not, of course, in a
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.
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