![]() ![]() I especially loved it when she waxed poetic about books and writing - it was almost like I'm a girl after her own heart. not to be for ever regretting the past, or anticipating the future but to get the most that you can out of this very instant. It isn't the great big pleasures that count the most it's making a great deal out of the little ones - I've discovered the true secret of happiness, Daddy, and that is to live in the now. She seemed to be channeling Anne Shirley there, don't you think? ![]() I don’t think children ought to know the meaning of the word it’s odious, detestable. Duty was the one quality that was encouraged. But the John Grier Home instantly stamped out the slightest flicker that appeared. It makes them kind and sympathetic and understanding. It makes people able to put themselves in other people's places. I think that the most necessary quality for any person to have is imagination. Most of her letters were introspective at most, and they're really the things that friends share with each other over long talks. She recognizes that she can be mean at times, especially when she gets frustrated or annoyed by other people or with herself. She was never too nice, nor was she especially mean. I think I liked Judy a lot because she reminded me so much of myself. You never answered my question and it was very important. Her letters are filled with wit and interesting stuff that I wondered why Daddy Long Legs lasted that long not replying to her. Judy is such a charming narrator and her stories are so easy to relate to. This thin volume is brimming with charm and honesty that I can only remember from, yes, Anne of Green Gables. So all reviews I read about this book are right: Daddy-Long-Legs is such a refreshing read. ![]() In the midst of all these, Judy gets frustrated with the mysteriousness and the distance that Daddy Long Legs has put between them, and she yearns to know more about this man who had noticed her and helped her out of the kindness of his heart. What follows is Judy's letters to Daddy Long Legs for the next four years of college, telling him of her lessons, her dorm room, her friends joyful Sally and snobbish Julie, her college adventures, her summers spent at Lock Willow farm and even some kind of romance. She calls this mysterious benefactor "Daddy Long Legs" because the only thing she knew about him was he was a tall person based on his shadow: The only condition that she needs to fulfill as "payment" for the education was for her to write letters about her studies to a certain Mr. Daddy-Long-Legs is the story of Jerusha Abbott, later known as Judy, the oldest orphan in John Grier Home who was sent to college by an anonymous Trustee. I think this started airing when I was already in school so I hardly had the time to watch it, which also probably explains that why my memory of this cartoon is choppy at best.Īnyway, I decided to read this short book last week, because I needed something light to make my brain recover from all the crazy writing madness in NaNoWriMo. It's vaguely familiar, but I really cannot remember much of it, save for the main character, Judy, who reminds me of Anne Shirley from Anne of Green Gables: The reviews have told me enough to know that a cartoon was based on this book. I remember seeing a review of this somewhere there, too, and seeing it had a lot of favorable reviews, I decided to download it for free from the Kindle store. In my quest to find more classics to read and catch up with my classics reading challenge, I stumbled upon Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster in Goodreads. ![]()
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