Jean Webster

Daddy-Long-Legs is a 1912 novel by an American writer Jean Webster, and is the most well-known work by the author. It is read by people around the world, and is widely considered to be one of the top greatest books of all time. Wiseman Project is proud to present Classics series, new editions of the timeless classics. The series is well suited for young readers and eager students of English as a second language. Some expressions in the original publications may have been modified for modern readers (notes has been added in that case).

Comedy / 6m, 1f, 6c or 4m, 4f, 3c / 4 ints. Judy is a pretty drudge in a New England orphanage. One day a visiting trustee becomes interested in her and decides to give her a chance. She does not know the name of her benefactor, but simply calls him Daddy Long Legs. She writes him letters brimming over with fun and affection. From the home she goes to a fashionable college where a romance develops that constitutes much of the play's charm. The orphans appear only in the first act and may be pl