Daddy-Long-Legs: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
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Daddy-Long-Legs is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Webster, Jean (1876–1916).
Catalogue synopsis
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"Daddy-Long-Legs" by Jean Webster is an epistolary novel published in 1912. It follows Jerusha "Judy" Abbott, a spirited orphan sent to college by a mysterious benefactor she has never met. Through monthly letters addressed to the anonymous "Mr. John Smith," Judy chronicles her journey from institutional life to higher education, discovering friendship, culture, and self-discovery. As she transforms from orphan to aspiring writer, the identity of her tall, shadowy patron—whom she playfully calls Daddy-Long-Legs—remains tantalizingly unknown.
Book and edition facts
- Title: Daddy-Long-Legs
- Author credits: Webster, Jean (1876–1916)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Bildungsromans
- Boarding schools -- Fiction
- Epistolary fiction
- Letters -- Fiction
- Love stories
- Orphans -- Fiction
- Philanthropists -- Fiction
- Schools -- Fiction
- Universities and colleges -- Fiction
- Women authors -- Fiction
- Women college students -- Fiction
- Young women -- Fiction
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- Category: American Literature
- Category: Novels
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