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Fast 18 Jahre hat Judy Abbott im Waisenhaus gelebt. Wegen ihrer literarischen Begabung wird sie nun von einem geheimnisvollen Wohltäter aufs College geschickt. Der Mann möchte namenlos bleiben, Judy soll ihm aber jeden Monat einen Brief über ihre Fortschritte schreiben. Voller Begeisterung stürzt sich Judy in dieses unbekannte Leben. Mehr als einmal im Monat schreibt sie „Mr Smith", denn sie hat ja sonst niemanden auf der Welt, mit dem sie ihr...

Excerpt from Daddy-Long-Legs Now, iknowallofthesethingsanda lot of others besides, but you can see how much I need to catch up. And oh, but it's fun! I look forward all day to even ing, and then I put an engaged on the door and get into my nice red bath robe and furry slippers and pile all the cushions behind me on the couch and light the brass. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. F...

Cosa può aspettarsi dalla vita un'orfana come Jerusha Abbott? Tutto, se ha la fortuna di imbattersi in "Papa Gambalunga", il generoso benefattore che le consente di frequentare l'università in cambio di una sola lettera al mese! Età di lettura: da 8 anni.

Jean Webster (1876-1916). She was an American writer and author of many books including Daddy-Long-Legs and Dear Enemy. This edition is illustrated with photographs from the 1931 film version starring Janet Gaynor.

Excerpt: ...likes a few surprises, it's a perfectly natural human craving. But I never had one until Mrs. Lippett called me to the office to tell me that Mr. John Smith was going to send me to college. And then she broke the news so gradually that it just barely shocked me. You know, Daddy, I think that the most necessary quality for any person to have is imagination. It makes people able to put themselves in other people's places. It makes th...

This edition of the classic tale of an orphan who is taken under the wing of a mysterious benefactor features a new Introduction by the author of "Journey to the River Sea.

Jean Webster (pseudonym for Alice Jane Chandler Webster) (1876-1916) was an American writer and author of many books including Daddy-Long-Legs and Dear Enemy. Her best-known books feature lively young female protagonists who come of age intellectually, morally, and socially, but with enough humor, snappy dialogue, and gently biting social commentary to make her books palatable and enjoyable to contemporary readers.

Jean Webster (1876-1916) was an American novelist, playwright, and social activist. During the start of the twentieth century (1912), Webster wrote "Daddy-Long-Legs", an epistolary, best-selling novel that she developed into a play. It met with much success, and the characters were sold as dolls, the money from which going to charities to help fund orphan adoptions. In 1915, Webster published the sequel, "Dear Enemy". Written in the same epist...

This antiquarian book contains Jean Webster's seminal novel, 'Dear Enemy'. It is the sequel to Webster's previous best-selling novel 'Daddy-Long-Legs', and became one of the top ten best sellers in the US in 1916. The story takes the form of a series of letters written by Sallie McBride (Judy Abbotts friend in 'Daddy-Long-Legs'), and is a must-read for fans of Webster's work. We are republishing this vintage book now in an affordable, modern e...

Paper-weights, " observed Patty, sucking an injured thumb, "were evidently not made for driving in tacks. I wish I had a hammer." This remark called forth no response, and Patty peered down from the top of the step-ladder at her roommate, who was sitting on the floor dragging sofa-pillows and curtains from a dry-goods box. "Priscilla, " she begged, "you aren't doing anything useful. Go down and ask Peters for a hammer." Priscilla rose reluctan...

First published in 1912, Daddy-Long-Legs is a classic coming-of-age tale that chronicles the college years of orphan Jerusha "Judy" Abbot through a series of letters written to her anonymous benefactor.

This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS series. The creators of this series are united by passion for literature and driven by the intention of making all public domain books available in printed format again - worldwide. At tredition we believe that a great book never goes out of style. Several mostly non-profit literature projects provide content to tredition. To support their good work, tredition donates a portion of the proceeds from e...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed w...