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Classic Love Stories

Daddy-Long-Legs

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    Daddy-Long-Legs is a classic romance novel by Jean Webster. Readers will find themes of orphans, boarding schools, schools and young women.

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    About Daddy-Long-Legs

    "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.
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    Themes, setting & tropes

    Genres

    Subjects

    • Orphans
    • Boarding schools
    • Schools
    • Young women
    • Love stories
    • Bildungsromans
    • Epistolary fiction
    • Women authors
    • Philanthropists
    • Women college students
    • Universities and colleges
    • Letters

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    Who wrote Daddy-Long-Legs?

    Daddy-Long-Legs was written by Jean Webster.

    What genre is Daddy-Long-Legs?

    It is usually shelved as Classic Love Stories.

    Is Daddy-Long-Legs free to read?

    Yes. It is in the public domain in the United States and can be read free on Project Gutenberg in EPUB, Kindle and HTML formats.

    What books are similar to Daddy-Long-Legs?

    Readers who like it often enjoy Middlemarch, Emma and Jane Eyre.

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