Puffin Classics Daddy-Long-Legs, (Paperback)

from AJBraithwaite

A sweet, simple, shortish, epistolary novel, documenting the college days of Jerusha Abbott after her childhood in an orphanage. Jean Webster's writing style is accessible and entertaining, capturing the spirit and character of the teenaged protagonist perfectly. The dénouement wasn't a huge surp...

from strandbooks

I picked this up at the Books on Tap book club at Forager. It was recommended by one of Rochester's librarians as one of her favorites as a kid. It surprised me that it was written in 1912. The story follows Jerusha, an orphan, who is picked by a secret trustee of the orphanage to go to college. ...

from DeltaQueen50

I was expecting to find Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster a light-hearted, sentimental read that would barely hold my interest. Well, yes, it is both light-hearted and sentimental but I also found an element of creepiness in the relationship that Daddy and Judy had. Starting out as a benefactor to ...

from Haklh

I first read this in my teens and I really loved it - I found it funny, and charming, and romantic. I loved the cheerful but unsentimental tone of the story, and I loved how fresh and vivid and likeable Judy was.BUTI re-read this recently, and while I still enjoyed its humour and its happy ending...

from VictoriaEva

This is the first book I read in English. I studied the language with my beloved teacher, Galina Vasilievna, in Tashkent (Uzbekistan). I would have 2-3 private classes a week, and she would usually give me an obscene amount of home work - well, thanks for that! After some time spent with study bo...