Daddy Long Legs
Daddy Long Legs
Daddy Long Legs
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At the age of eighteen, the orphan Jerusha Abbott is plucked from the institution and put through college by a mysterious benefactor. His only condition is that she write him a letter every month, to practice the writers' craft. Her colorful letters about college life are accompanied by drawings from Webster's own pen.
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Daddy-Long-Legs is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 1912 with contributions by Jean Webster.
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This was surprisingly fresh and modern, considering it was published in 1912! It was delightful seeing the world through Judy's eyes, and she often made me laugh out loud. Her musings are also chock full of quotable lines.
I didn't love the ending - there's definitely a problematic element from a modern point of view - but I can take it in the context of the time & place. Still, I prefer my headcanon, where Daddy Long Legs is actually a fictional person made up by a time-traveling future Judy, who has to do some Back to the Future-style manipulation to wind up as an educated, working author who's married to the love of her life.
