Basically its along the lines of anne shirley goes to a girls college. The story, told in a series of letters, follows an orphan from her youth in the orphanage to college, which is provided by an anonymous benefactor who only asks that she keep him updated as to her progress. Daddylonglegs is a 1912 epistolary novel by the american writer jean webster. Daddylonglegs by webster, jean seller mw books ltd. Librivox recording of daddylonglegs, by jean webster. He spent the summer here once after he had been ill, when he was about eleven years old. Daddylonglegs by jean webster free ebook project gutenberg. Jean webster daddylonglegs 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 by jean webster bibliography published on. She attends a womens college, but the name and location are never identified. A british stage musical called love from judy opened in 1952 and ran for two years, and fred astaire starred in a 1955 hollywood musical version. Free download or read online dear enemy pdf epub daddy long legs series book. Purchase of the kindle edition includes wireless delivery.
Published 1925 condition near fine cloth copy in a nearfine, very slightly edgenicked and dustdulled dw, now mylarsleeved. In daddy longlegs by jean webster, judy abbott grew up in an orphanage and one day has the most amazing newsa mysterious trustee wishes to send her to college. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading daddylonglegs illustrated. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Daddylonglegs illustrated kindle edition by webster, jean. It follows the protagonist, a young girl named jerusha judy abbott, through her college years. Ebook daddylonglegs by jean webster read online or. The only form of repayment that judy must offers her mystery benefactor is a letter every month detailing her life and her studies. Page 96 on the trail, and sprawled across the front page in a funny littleboy hand.
Daddy long legs by jean webster, first edition abebooks passion for books. But suddenly an anonymous benefactor sends her to a posh northerstern college for women. At the age of eighteen, the orphan jerusha abbott is plucked from the institution and put through college by a mysterious benefactor. Click to read more about daddylonglegs by jean webster. Every floor must be spotless, every chair dustless, and every bed without a wrinkle. His only condition is that she write him a letter every month, to practice the writers craft. An orphaned girl named judy abbott and an unknown, unseen benefactor who sends her to college and whom she refers to as daddylonglegs are the two principals in this immensely popular modernday fairy tale. It follows the protagonist, jerusha judy abbott, as she leaves an orphanage and is sent to college by a benefactor whom she has never seen. Its mostly epistolary, told in the form of letters written by the main character where she talks and jokes about her daily life. Last week, around 30,000 people downloaded books from my site 8 people gave donations. Project gutenberg offers 61,672 free ebooks to download. The children were wholly dependent on charity and had to wear other peoples castoff clothes.
Daddy longlegs by jean webster, free ebook global grey. Librivox recording of daddy long legs, by jean webster. 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. Her bestknown books feature lively and likeable young female protagonists who come of age intellectually, morally, and socially, but with enough humor, snappy. Daddylonglegs is a 1912 novel by an american writer jean webster, written in the form of letters. Daddylonglegs is a novel by an american writer jean webster, written in the form of letters. Daddylonglegs is a delightful short novel written in 1912.
Now that shes seventeen, her time there is up and her prospects for the future are dim. These books can take me from 2 to 10 hours to create. It was published in 1912, followed by a sequel in 1914 called dear enemy. She writes the letters to her benefactor, a rich man whom she has never seen. This book is available for free download in a number of formats including epub, pdf, azw, mobi and more. As a sequel, this bookofletters describes the adventures of judys best friend from college, sally mcbride, who reluctantly takes control of judys old orphanage the john grier home, a. Because of this, she jokingly calls him daddy longlegs. This novel indeed has long legs webster turned it into a stage play that ran on broadway in 1914. Global grey free pdf, epub, kindle ebook pages pdf. The first edition of the novel was published in 1915, and was written by jean webster. Daddylonglegs was first published in 1912, and is the most famous work of jean webster, an american writer. Download jean websters daddy longlegs for your kindle, tablet, ipad, pc or mobile. The first edition of the novel was published in 1912, and was written by jean webster.
Jean webster had a privleged upbringing but through her charity visits to the poor becomes convinced less welloff children could succeed in life. Mary pickford starred in a silent movie version in 1919, and the shirley temple film curly top was rooted in that film. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of and is available in paperback format. Daddylonglegs by jean webster free ebook manybooks. Daddy longlegs, previously filmed silent with mary pickford and once more in the 1930s, gets the musical treatment here as the story of the millionaire and the orphan he sponsors gets a technicolor, cinemascope, johnny mercer update.
First published in 1912, daddylonglegs is a classic comingofage tale that chronicles the college years of orphan jerusha judy abbot through a series of letters written to her anonymous benefactor. Free download or read online daddylonglegs pdf epub book. 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. Finally, after jerushanow judygraduates, she asks to meet her benefactor. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. In college she falls in love with a young man who wants to marry her, but she refuses because she is an orphan. Jervis pendleton if this book should ever roam, box its ears and send it home. By jean webster daddylonglegs by jean webster this book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. Daddylonglegs isbn 9782819923732 pdf epub jean webster. Jerusha abbott grew up in an orphanage but was sent to college by a mysterious benefactor she calls daddy longlegs. Daddylonglegs, by webster, jean, and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. It follows an epistolatory format and traces the story through a series of letters exchanged between the youthful heroine, jerusha and her mysterious benefactor whom she has privately nicknamed daddylonglegs based on a brief glimpse she caught of him once.
The main characters of this classics, young adult story are jerusha judy abbott, jervis pendleton. Daddylonglegs full audiobook by jean webster youtube. Daddy longlegs jean webster audiobook and ebook all. Daddylonglegs by jean webster was first published in 1912. 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. Pdf daddylonglegs book by jean webster free download.
Daddylonglegs by jean webster on free audio book download. Daddy long legs by jean webster, first edition abebooks. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. 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.
Daddylonglegs illustrated kindle edition by webster. Free download or read online dear enemy pdf epub daddylonglegs series book. Pdf dear enemy book daddylonglegs free download 350. All jerusha must do in return is write to the man she nicknames daddylonglegs and. Download jean websters daddy longlegs for your kindle, tablet, ipad, pc. Jerusha catches a glimpse of the shadow of her benefactor from the back, and knows he is a tall longlegged man. A new chamber musical by john caird based on daddy long legs premiered in january 2010 in california and has been appearing at other theaters around the country. Jerusha abbott was brought up at the john grier home, an oldfashioned orphanage. Download jean webster s daddy long legs for your kindle, tablet, ipad, pc or mobile. If youve read daddylonglegs or even seen the film with fred astaire and leslie caron, youre sure to find jean websters novel, dear enemy, delightful. Published january 25th 2011 by random house books for young readers.
Lippett watched it with dropped jaw, her peroration in midair. Daddylonglegs was not her first book, but it is the one for which she is mostly remembered. Project gutenberg offers 61,799 free ebooks to download. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 350 pages and is available in paperback format. Free download or read online daddy long legs pdf epub book. The ending becomes obvious to the reader long before judy gets there, but shes so much fun to follow that it doesnt matter. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Buy daddylonglegs puffin classic book online at low.