2016 Reprint of 1912 Edition. “Daddy-Long-Legs” is a 1912 epistolary novel by the American writer Jean Webster. It follows the protagonist, a young girl named Jerusha "Judy" Abbott, through her college years. She writes the letters to her benefactor, a rich man whom she has never seen. A trustee of the John Grier orphanage has offered to send Judy Abbott to college. The only requirements are that she must write to him every month and that she can never know who he is. Judy's life at college is a whirlwind of friends, classes, parties and a growing...
2016 Reprint of 1912 Edition. “Daddy-Long-Legs” is a 1912 epistolary novel by the American writer Jean Webster. It follows the pr...
Third Edition of the Epistolary Novel DADDY LONG LEGS by Jean Webster, with original drawings in black and white by Iris Aspinall Priest.
PREFACE
Since I read "Daddy Long Legs" by Jean Webster during one of the summers of my secondary school years I followed in love with the story and this style of writing.
Recently, I had the chance to take care of a new edition of this epistolary novel and publish it. During the process, it came to my mind to add original illustrations to the book. I followed this idea and at the same time I gave a new...
Third Edition of the Epistolary Novel DADDY LONG LEGS by Jean Webster, with original drawings in black and white by Iris Aspinall Priest.
Jerry, jeune touriste americain en vacances en Italie, voudrait bien faire la connaissance de Constance, qui habite la villa voisine. Mais celle-ci aime tellement la couleur locale qu'elle ne veut parler qu'avec des italiens. Pret a tout pour la seduire, Jerry se deguise en anier pittoresque et lui propose ses services pour une excursion en montagne... Ce qui avait commence comme une blague innocente devient bientot un imbroglio sentimental ou le mensonge flirte avec la verite et l'amour avec le hasard. Quiproquos, coincidences et dialogues petillants sont au rendez-vous de ce delicieux roman...
Jerry, jeune touriste americain en vacances en Italie, voudrait bien faire la connaissance de Constance, qui habite la villa voisine. Mais celle-ci ai...
he courtyard of the Hotel du Lac, furnished with half a dozen tables and chairs, a red and green parrot chained to a perch, and a shady little arbor covered with vines, is a pleasant enough place for morning coffee, but decidedly too sunny for afternoon tea. It was close upon four of a July day, when Gustavo, his inseparable napkin floating from his arm, emerged from the cool dark doorway of the house and scanned the burning vista of tables and chairs. He would never, under ordinary circumstances, have interrupted his siesta for the mere delivery of a letter; but this particular letter was...
he courtyard of the Hotel du Lac, furnished with half a dozen tables and chairs, a red and green parrot chained to a perch, and a shady little arbor c...
Daddy Long Legs: Illustrator Daddy-Long-Legs is a 1912 epistolary novel by the American writer Jean Webster. It follows the protagonist, a young girl named Jerusha "Judy" Abbott, through her college years. She writes the letters to her benefactor, a rich man whom she has never seen.
Daddy Long Legs: Illustrator Daddy-Long-Legs is a 1912 epistolary novel by the American writer Jean Webster. It follows the protagonist, a young girl ...
