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    Daddy-Long-Legs
    Daddy-Long-Legs
    Daddy-Long-Legs
    Audiobook4 hours

    Daddy-Long-Legs

    Written by Jean Webster

    Narrated by Kate Forbes

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    Jerusha Abbott is the oldest orphan in the John Grier Home. Every day she helps scrub and dress the younger children-all 97 of them. Soon she will graduate from high school and be on her own. Where will she go, and how will she support herself? When an anonymous wealthy donor decides to send her to college, Jerusha can hardly believe her good fortune. All she must do in return is send him a letter once a month. With all the excitement of college life-classes, parties, new friends, and a special gentleman-Jerusha can hardly stop writing! Jean Webster's entertaining tale of a high-spirited orphan girl coming-of-age in the early 1900s has been made into a play, several movies, and a musical comedy. Kate Forbes' fresh portrayal of Jerusha will win the hearts of a new generation of readers.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateJan 18, 2013
    ISBN9781470357405
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    Jean Webster

    Jean Webster (1876-1916) was a pseudonym for Alice Jane Chandler Webster, an American author of books that contained humorous and likeable young female protagonists. Her works include Daddy-Long-Legs, Dear Enemy, and When Patty Went to College. Politically and socially active, she often included issues of socio-political interest in her novels.

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    • 3/5
      “Dear Mr. Knightley” is a rewrite/variation of this book. I loved it so I thought I’d read Daddy Long Legs. While good I did not think it nearly as good as the variation. The author views communism and all that goes with it as the next great thing.
    • 5/5
      Loved it every second of the real heart warming feeling it made me feel