Daddy-Long-Legs
by Jean Webster
Taste attributes: romancedramacomedyfamilywholesomelightrealisticsimplelinearglossyenclosedemotive & stirringcoming of ageempowerment/personal growthrags to riches
Boxlist takeA warm-hearted romance novel that is stirring, small-scale and uncomplicated. Best if you like warmth over edge.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: wholesome · Weight: light · Realism: balanced · Story: simple · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.6 / 5
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About This Book
From poor lonely orphan to sophisticated young woman — Jerusha Abbott can hardly believe her good fortune. All her life Jerusha has lived at the drearyJohn Grier Home for orphans. Now that she's seventeen, her time there is up and her prospects for the future are dim. But suddenly an anonymous benefactor sends her to a posh northerstern college for women.
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- Author
- Jean Webster
- Published
- 1912
- Pages
- 196
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- Open Library
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