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    Daddy-Long-Legs
    Daddy-Long-Legs
    Daddy-Long-Legs
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    Daddy-Long-Legs

    Written by Jean Webster

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    Daddy-Long-Legs is a 1912 novel by an American writer Jean Webster, written in the form of letters. 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.
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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
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    Jean Webster

    Jean Webster (1876-1916) was a pseudonym for Alice Jane Chandler Webster, an American author of books that contained humorous and likeable young female protagonists. Her works include Daddy-Long-Legs, Dear Enemy, and When Patty Went to College. Politically and socially active, she often included issues of socio-political interest in her novels.

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