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Author: Qiao Tingmei
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Publish Date: 2006-05-01
Features: Daddy-Long-Legs is a work by Jean Webster published in 1912, a letter-based epistolary novel. The protagonist, Jerusha Abbott, who lives in an orphanage, possesses literary talent. With the help of an anonymous benefactor, she is fortunate enough to attend college. Who is this wealthy person after all? She looks at the long shadow of that person and calls him "Daddy—Long—Legs." This work has been adapted into films twice, causing a sensation worldwide; it has also been translated into many languages.