In the letters she tells him about her classmates, who come from all walks of life, what she is learning about and of what she is reading, her sporting endeavours and of the people she meets. She briefly caught sight of her benefactor at the orphanage and knows that he is tall, so she addresses her letters to him as Daddy-Long-Legs. Judy’s letters over the course of her four years at college are delightful. Her anonymous benefactor expects her to become a writer and the only thing he asks of Judy is that she write to him of her experiences once a month. When Judy is given the opportunity to go to college by one of the orphanage’s benefactors, she leaps at the chance. The story is told in letter form written by an orphan, Jerusha, or Judy as she wants to be known, who at the start of the story is 17 years old. As it is a plot spoiler, I’ll give you fair warning before I talk about this. I was charmed by this story as an adult, although I have one very large reservation. I’m not sure why I never read Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster as a child, it would have been right up my alley.
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