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4.04 AVERAGE
4.04 AVERAGE
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
رواية لطيفة و مبهجة جدا وهيزيدها بهجة لو قرات الرسائل الاولي مرة تانية بعد انهائها.
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I have loved this story since I saw the play. Such fun writing style. Easy read, good story and has some quotable nuggets.
Daddy-Long-Legs is an epistolary novel, where our protagonist Miss Jerusha Abbott a.k.a Judy is an orphan whose school assignment catches the attention of a rich benefactor. This rich benefactor, who wishes to remain anonymous, decides to sponsor Jerusha's education with just one condition - that Jerusha writes regular letters to him with updates. And she does write those letters. Regularly. She describes her life and dreams to her benefactor through those letters.
Jerusha Abbott is a smart young woman who dreams of becoming an author someday. Her letters are soulful... They are often funny and sarcastic too. Through these letters, the readers can get to know not only about her life, but feel her as well. Her enthusiasm for life is infectious. There's this one quote from the book that has stayed with me since the first time I read it:
“It isn't the big troubles in life that require character. Anybody can rise to a crisis and face a crushing tragedy with courage, but to meet the petty hazards of the day with a laugh - I really think that requires spirit."
The book is an interesting read mostly because of Jerusha's wit. Her letters read like conversation and they are mostly light and funny. Her attitude towards life is quite inspiring. She never forgets where she comes from (an orphanage), appreciates the opportunity that she has been given and looks forward to a brighter future that she is intent on making for herself.
There are two aspects to the story here. The first and most important one is that it is a coming-of-age novel where Jerusha grows up and steps into the world.The other aspect is romance. Yep! there is some... though only a little and towards the very end. I enjoyed the coming-of-age angle much much more. The first time I read this book, I did not agree with the romantic element or the ending. I wished for a completely different ending, but it has grown on me over the years.
The popular opinion about this book is that it is an ‘anti-feminist fairy tale’ and I heartily disagree to it. Jerusha is fiercely independent and is not afraid to stand up (or turn down) to her benefactor's demands when they made no sense to her. She fights when she wants to go on a trip that her benefactor doesn't approve of. She secures a scholarship for herself so that she can fund her own education... We must also keep in mind that this book was first published in 1912 (so definitely written then or before) - at a time when women did not even have the power to vote. So, to have written a character like Jerusha, the author was ahead of her times.
Pick this book up if you like strong female characters and coming-of-age novels.
Jerusha Abbott is a smart young woman who dreams of becoming an author someday. Her letters are soulful... They are often funny and sarcastic too. Through these letters, the readers can get to know not only about her life, but feel her as well. Her enthusiasm for life is infectious. There's this one quote from the book that has stayed with me since the first time I read it:
“It isn't the big troubles in life that require character. Anybody can rise to a crisis and face a crushing tragedy with courage, but to meet the petty hazards of the day with a laugh - I really think that requires spirit."
The book is an interesting read mostly because of Jerusha's wit. Her letters read like conversation and they are mostly light and funny. Her attitude towards life is quite inspiring. She never forgets where she comes from (an orphanage), appreciates the opportunity that she has been given and looks forward to a brighter future that she is intent on making for herself.
There are two aspects to the story here. The first and most important one is that it is a coming-of-age novel where Jerusha grows up and steps into the world.The other aspect is romance. Yep! there is some... though only a little and towards the very end. I enjoyed the coming-of-age angle much much more. The first time I read this book, I did not agree with the romantic element or the ending. I wished for a completely different ending, but it has grown on me over the years.
The popular opinion about this book is that it is an ‘anti-feminist fairy tale’ and I heartily disagree to it. Jerusha is fiercely independent and is not afraid to stand up (or turn down) to her benefactor's demands when they made no sense to her. She fights when she wants to go on a trip that her benefactor doesn't approve of. She secures a scholarship for herself so that she can fund her own education... We must also keep in mind that this book was first published in 1912 (so definitely written then or before) - at a time when women did not even have the power to vote. So, to have written a character like Jerusha, the author was ahead of her times.
Pick this book up if you like strong female characters and coming-of-age novels.
One of my favorite classic novels! I would highly recommend to any young girl with a love of school, reading, writing...or honestly just anyone who would appreciate a sweet little novel about a young girls first adventures in college.
Cute, but let's stop with teenager girls with adult men
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Instant favorite. Almost immediately, Judy Abbott became one of my favorite literary heroines, up there with Jo March, Anne Shirley, Elizabeth Bennett, Katniss Everdeen, Mia Thermopolis and Shakespeare's Beatrice. The epistolary format gave me every view of Judy, from good to bad, and I was entirely won over by her humor, humility, pride and intelligence. And yes, I knew who Daddy Long-Legs was as soon as the name crossed the page, but I didn't care to lose the mystery, as the evolving love story was worth the sacrifice.
I only have two questions: Why didn't I read this as a youth, and why don't more people read this today? This deserves to be on every classics shelf along with Little Women and Anne of Green Gables.
I only have two questions: Why didn't I read this as a youth, and why don't more people read this today? This deserves to be on every classics shelf along with Little Women and Anne of Green Gables.