Kategoria BISAC: Young Adult Fiction >> Epistolary (Letters & Diaries)

Daddy Long Legs has been adapted on stage and screen many times, most famously as the Shirley Temple movie Curly Top, and the Fred Astaire-Leslie Caron movie Daddy Long Legs. Daddy Long Legs is a classic that still amuses and inspires. Most people, writes Jerusha Abbot to Daddy-Long-Legs, run life as a race, at the end of which they are too tired to be happy. -I've decided to sit down by the way and pile up a lot of little happinesses.- Here is a charming novel of an orphan who, through pluck and good cheer, wins the patronage of an anonymous trustee of her orphanage she calls -Daddy Long...

Daddy Long Legs is a classic that still amuses and inspires. An 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. Most people, writes Jerusha Abbot to Daddy-Long-Legs, run life as a race, at the end of which they are too tired to be happy. -I've decided to sit down by the way and pile up a lot of little happinesses.- Here is a charming novel of an orphan who, through pluck and good cheer, wins the patronage of an...

Second 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 opportunity to young...

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...

I'm a preacher's kid, and that means living under a magnifying glass. I can't so much as trip or let my hair frizz or get a C on my report card without shaming my family.

My only refuge is my anonymous blog (with maybe five readers) where I can vent. Okay, and gush about the Prince Harry lookalike of my dreams. And detail my plan to move out of state this summer.

Dad has other ideas, like forcing me to attend the local Bible college with every other judgy person I know. It makes me roll my eyes so much I know what the back wall of my skull looks like.

Will my...