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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instanceOf novel
adaptation Daddy Long Legs (1955 film) NERFINISHED
Daddy-Long-Legs (1919 film) NERFINISHED
Daddy-Long-Legs (1931 film) NERFINISHED
Japanese musical adaptations
author Jean Webster NERFINISHED
authorGender female
authorNationality American
benefactorNickname Daddy-Long-Legs NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: 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 NERFINISHED
influenced later orphan-education narratives
language English
literaryMovement early 20th-century American literature
mainCharacter Jerusha Abbott NERFINISHED
Jervis Pendleton NERFINISHED
Judy Abbott NERFINISHED
narrativeForm letters
notableCharacterRelationship benefactor-ward relationship
originalTitle Daddy-Long-Legs NERFINISHED
plotElement anonymous benefactor sponsors protagonist's education
protagonistAgeGroup young adult
protagonistAlias Judy NERFINISHED
protagonistEducation college
protagonistGender female
protagonistStatus orphan
publicationYear 1912
publisher Century Company NERFINISHED
setting United States of America
surface form: 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 Daddy-Long-Legs
this entity surface form: epistolary novel Daddy-Long-Legs
Jervis Pendleton III basedOnWork Daddy-Long-Legs
Marshall Neilan notableWork Daddy-Long-Legs
Charlotte Austin notableWork Daddy-Long-Legs
this entity surface form: Daddy Long Legs
Curly Top (1935 film) basedOn Daddy-Long-Legs