Daddy-Long-Legs

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Daddy-Long-Legs is a 1912 epistolary novel by Jean Webster that follows an orphaned young woman whose education is sponsored by an anonymous benefactor she knows only by a whimsical nickname.

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Daddy-Long-Legs canonical 12
Daddy Long Legs 2
Daddy-Long-Legs (novel) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel
adaptation Daddy Long Legs (1955 film)
linked to: Daddy Long Legs

Daddy-Long-Legs (1919 film)
Daddy-Long-Legs (1931 film)
Japanese musical adaptations
author Jean Webster
authorGender female
authorNationality American
benefactorNickname Daddy-Long-Legs
countryOfOrigin United States
criticalReception popular at time of publication
educationInstitutionType women's college
firstPublicationMedium book
genre coming-of-age fiction
epistolary fiction
romantic fiction
hasIllustrations yes
hasSequel Dear Enemy
influenced later orphan-education narratives
language English
literaryMovement early 20th-century American literature
mainCharacter Jerusha Abbott
Jervis Pendleton
Judy Abbott
narrativeForm letters
notableCharacterRelationship benefactor-ward relationship
originalTitle Daddy-Long-Legs
plotElement anonymous benefactor sponsors protagonist's education
protagonistAgeGroup young adult
protagonistAlias Judy
protagonistEducation college
protagonistGender female
protagonistStatus orphan
publicationYear 1912
publisher Century Company
linked to: The Century Company
setting United States
structure chronological letters
first-person narrative
targetAudience general readers
young adults
theme education
female independence
identity
philanthropy
romance
social class
timePeriodOfSetting early 20th century

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Jean Webster notableWork Daddy-Long-Legs
Jean Webster notableFor epistolary novel Daddy-Long-Legs
linked to: Daddy-Long-Legs
Jervis Pendleton III basedOnWork Daddy-Long-Legs
Marshall Neilan notableWork Daddy-Long-Legs
Charlotte Austin notableWork Daddy Long Legs
linked to: Daddy-Long-Legs
Curly Top (1935 film) basedOn Daddy-Long-Legs
Curly Top basedOn Daddy-Long-Legs
Daddy Long Legs (1931 film) basedOn Daddy-Long-Legs (novel)
linked to: Daddy-Long-Legs
Alice Jane Chandler Webster notableWork Daddy-Long-Legs
Daddy-Long-Legs benefactorNickname Daddy-Long-Legs
Daddy-Long-Legs originalTitle Daddy-Long-Legs
Dear Enemy sequelTo Daddy-Long-Legs
Dear Enemy follows Daddy-Long-Legs
Dear Enemy hasLiteraryPrecedent Daddy-Long-Legs
Glenn Ford McKinney spouseNotableWork Daddy-Long-Legs
Helen Luella Koford notableWork Daddy Long Legs
linked to: Daddy-Long-Legs