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An orphaned girl named judy abbott and an unknown, unseen benefactor who sends her to college and whom she refers to as daddy long legs are the two principals in this immensely popular modernday fairy tale. Global grey free pdf, epub, kindle ebook pages pdf. I found this book in our churchs library when i was 9 years old and i fell in love with it at first read. The first edition of the novel was published in 1915, and was written by jean webster. The sequel dear enemy is also in the form of letters from sallie mcbride to judy and it takes place around one to two years after daddy long legs. Finally, after jerushanow judygraduates, she asks to meet her benefactor.
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One mysterious gentleman wanted to pay for her education. Jean webster pseudonym for alice jane chandler webster, july 24, 1876 june 11, 1916 was an american writer and author of many books including daddylonglegs and dear enemy. Its mostly epistolary, told in the form of letters written by the main character where she talks and jokes about her daily life. Librivox recording of daddy long legs, by jean webster. She gets the last names out of the telephone book youll find abbott on the first pageand she picks the christian names up anywhere. Jean webster was the pen name of alice jane chandler webster 18761916 who was born and lived most of her life in new york state. One of the great novels of american girlhood, jean websters daddylonglegs follows the adventures of an orphan named judy abbott, whose letters to her anonymous male benefactor trace her development as an independent thinker and writer. The idea of a daddy long legs growing up was very powerful to me especially as someone with 6 brothers and sisters. Oct 20, 2017 daddylonglegs by jean webster audiobook. Jean webster daddy long legs to you blue wednesday the first wednesday in every month was a perfectly awful daya day to be awaited with dread, endured with courage and forgotten with haste. Daddylonglegs is a 1912 novel by an american writer jean webster, written in the form of letters. Pdf daddylonglegs book by jean webster free download. Free daddy long legs study unit worksheets for teachers to print. By jean webster daddy long legs by jean webster this book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers.
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