Daddy Long-Legs: A Comedy in Four Acts

by Jean Webster

A play version of the book by the same name. Jean Webster wrote the novel Daddy Long-Legs in 1912 and the play version in 1914. Same story by the same author, but it has a whole different feel.

129 pages, Paperback

Published April 27, 2021

About the author

Jean 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.

Reviews

[Ale · Rating 5 out of 5]

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?

[Otfat Alshaar · Rating 5 out of 5]

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!

[Leslie · Rating 5 out of 5]

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!