Daddy-Long-Legs

by Jean Webster

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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.

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Topics: Bildungsromans · Boarding schools -- Fiction · Epistolary fiction · Letters -- Fiction · Love stories · Orphans -- Fiction