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Daddy Long-Legs - A Comedy in Four Acts - The Original Classic Edition
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That is-you are not to thank him for the money; he does?n't 15 care to have that mentioned, but you are to write a letter telling of the progress in your studies and the details of your daily life. ...It seems queer 22 for me to be writing letters at all-I?'ve never written more than three or four in my life, so please overlook it if these are not a model kind. ...That is, he knows that my father and mother are dead, and that a kind gentleman is sending me to college; Isimply did?n't have the courage to tell him about the John Grier Home and all the rest.
About Jean Webster, the Author:
Jean Webster (pseudonym for Alice Jane Chandler Webster, July 24, 1876 - June 11, 1916) was an American writer and author of many books including Daddy-Long-Legs and Dear Enemy. ...Webster started writing the short stories that would make up Much Ado about Peter, and with her mother visited Italy for the winter of 1903-4 including a 6-week stay in a convent in Palestrina, while she wrote the Wheat Princess.
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Enjoy this classic work today. These selected paragraphs distill the contents and give you a quick look inside Daddy Long-Legs - A Comedy in Four Acts:
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That is-you are not to thank him for the money; he does?n't 15 care to have that mentioned, but you are to write a letter telling of the progress in your studies and the details of your daily life. ...It seems queer 22 for me to be writing letters at all-I?'ve never written more than three or four in my life, so please overlook it if these are not a model kind. ...That is, he knows that my father and mother are dead, and that a kind gentleman is sending me to college; Isimply did?n't have the courage to tell him about the John Grier Home and all the rest.
About Jean Webster, the Author:
Jean Webster (pseudonym for Alice Jane Chandler Webster, July 24, 1876 - June 11, 1916) was an American writer and author of many books including Daddy-Long-Legs and Dear Enemy. ...Webster started writing the short stories that would make up Much Ado about Peter, and with her mother visited Italy for the winter of 1903-4 including a 6-week stay in a convent in Palestrina, while she wrote the Wheat Princess.
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Published March 18, 2013
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Jean Webster
131 books1,070 followersJean Webster (pseudonym for Alice Jane Chandler Webster) was an American writer and author of many books including Daddy-Long-Legs and Dear Enemy. Her most well-known books feature lively and likeable 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.
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November 9, 2023
La storia la sappiamo, è semplicemente più divertente e messa in forma di commedia teatrale. E non mi resta che lasciare un estratto… ho sempre adorato Jervis.
Jervis (Canzonandola): Sono disonorevoli!
Signorina P. (Sconvolta. Si alza): Cosa?
Jervis: Scioccanti!
Signorina P.: Jervis!
Jervis: Scandalose!
Signorina P.: Oh, no!
Jervis: Mi dimostra affetto.
Signorina P.: La piccola piccola pensa che tu sia suo padre.
Jervis: La piccola sa perfettamente che non sono suo padre.
Signorina P.: Pensa che tu sia vecchio.
Jervis (Si alza. Indignato): Non sono vecchio. Non voglio essere trattato come un vecchio.
Signorina P.: Ti prego non adirarti…
Jervis: Mi fa ritratti. (Si siede a sinistra del tavolo.)
Signorina P.: Oh! Mi dispiace…
Jervis: Mi disegna calvo.... senza capelli… e con le gambe lunghe.
Signorina P. (Risoluta): Non va bene.
Jervis: Mi chiama “Papà Gambalunga”.
Signorina P.: Le dovrò dare una bella strigliata. Non posso permettere che ti tratti con irriverenza.
Jervis: Penso che mi piaccia essere trattato con irriverenza.
Signorina P.: (Con disapprovazione): Stai scherzando?
Jervis (Canzonandola): Sono disonorevoli!
Signorina P. (Sconvolta. Si alza): Cosa?
Jervis: Scioccanti!
Signorina P.: Jervis!
Jervis: Scandalose!
Signorina P.: Oh, no!
Jervis: Mi dimostra affetto.
Signorina P.: La piccola piccola pensa che tu sia suo padre.
Jervis: La piccola sa perfettamente che non sono suo padre.
Signorina P.: Pensa che tu sia vecchio.
Jervis (Si alza. Indignato): Non sono vecchio. Non voglio essere trattato come un vecchio.
Signorina P.: Ti prego non adirarti…
Jervis: Mi fa ritratti. (Si siede a sinistra del tavolo.)
Signorina P.: Oh! Mi dispiace…
Jervis: Mi disegna calvo.... senza capelli… e con le gambe lunghe.
Signorina P. (Risoluta): Non va bene.
Jervis: Mi chiama “Papà Gambalunga”.
Signorina P.: Le dovrò dare una bella strigliata. Non posso permettere che ti tratti con irriverenza.
Jervis: Penso che mi piaccia essere trattato con irriverenza.
Signorina P.: (Con disapprovazione): Stai scherzando?
October 8, 2021
How lovely-lovely-lovely this novel is!
I'm sure it's not going to be the last time I read it. One can't get enough of reading it, one can't get enough of Judy's letters! I just loved every detail, every description, how the letters were becoming better along the years of Judy! I'm really grateful to Jane Webster for this masterpiece, with all the feelings she shared with us, and I hope I can say more, but no one can ever present his—her (you know that English language needs another pronoun) emotions as Judy does!
I'm sure it's not going to be the last time I read it. One can't get enough of reading it, one can't get enough of Judy's letters! I just loved every detail, every description, how the letters were becoming better along the years of Judy! I'm really grateful to Jane Webster for this masterpiece, with all the feelings she shared with us, and I hope I can say more, but no one can ever present his—her (you know that English language needs another pronoun) emotions as Judy does!
February 10, 2011
I loved this book! So sweet and inspiring throughout! This was our book club book this month and I can't wait to talk about it! Highly recommend - I just don't know why I hadn't heard of it before now? It was first published 99 years ago! A classic in my opinion!
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