In many ways the book is dated, understandably, but at the same time there are some unexpectedly progressive views. The only thing that keeps me from starting a collection is the fact that there's no rule against it.Judy/Jerusha is a likeable main character with a lively sense of humor and an independent streak. I don't know why I am in such a reminiscent mood except that spring and the reappearance of toads always awakens the old acquisitive instinct. We were severely punished for our activities in this direction, but in spite of all discouragement the toads would collect. Every spring when the hoptoad season opened we would form a collection of toads and keep them in and occasionally they would spill over into the laundry, causing a very pleasurable commotion on wash days. I hope you aren't the Trustee who sat on the toad? It went off-I was told-with quite a pop, so probably it was a fatter Trustee. A sample from one of Judy's letters: Dear Daddy-Long-Legs, It's fun to get a glimpse of life at an all-girls college 100 years ago.
This novel consists of the letters Jerusha (who quickly dumps her unliked name at college and tells people to call her "Judy") writes over the next four years to her benefactor.
He insists on remaining anonymous to her, but wants her to write him monthly letters telling him of her progress. She's unexpectedly given the chance to go to college when one of the orphanage trustees reads a humorous English essay that she wrote and offers to pay her way. Basically it's along the lines of "Anne Shirley goes to a girls' college." It's mostly epistolary, told in the form of letters written by the main character where she talks (and jokes) about her daily life.Īt the beginning of our story, Jerusha is a 17 year old oppressed but imaginative girl who lives and works in an orphanage, where she's grown up. She's unexpectedly given the chance to go to college when one of the orphanage trustees Daddy-Long-Legs is a delightful short novel written in 1912. At the beginning of our story, Jerusha is a 17 year old oppressed but imaginative girl who lives and works in an orphanage, where she's grown up. Basically it's along the lines of "Anne Shirley goes to a girls' college." It's mostly epistolary, told in the form of letters written by the main character where she talks (and jokes) about her daily life. Daddy-Long-Legs is a delightful short novel written in 1912.
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