Jean Webster

Daddy-Long-Legs (Annotated) Jean Webster

Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster. It is a 1912 epistolary novel by the American writer Jean Webster. She follows the protagonist, Jerusha "Judy" Abbott, when she leaves an orphanage and is sent to college by a benefactor whom she has never seen. Jerusha Abbott was raised at the John Grier Home, a former orphanage. Children were completely dependent on charity and had to wear other people's discarded clothes. Jerusalem's unusual first name was selected by the tombstone matron (she hates it and uses "Judy" instead), while her last name was selected from the phone book. At 17, she finished her education and is on the loose, still working in the dormitories of the institution where she was raised. One day after the asylum trustees have made their monthly visit, Judy is informed by the stern matron of the asylum that one of the trustees has offered to pay her college admission. He has spoken to her former teachers and believes that she has the potential to become an excellent writer. It will pay your tuition and also give you a generous monthly allowance. Judy should write you a monthly letter, because she believes that writing letters is important to the development of a writer.