Summery : Daddy-Long-Legs is a 1912 novel by an American writer Jean Webster. The main character, Judy, was sent to school with the help of a tall man. But the only requirement is Judy need to write a letter to this tall man every month, and she never knows who this tall man is. In this book, it is combined with many letters but not chapters. And the first chapter is the only chapter that is not in letter-form. This story is using first person narration. Because Judy only know he is very tall, so she named him ‘Daddy-Long-Legs ‘. Through reading Judy’s letters, the readers can know about her school life.

Book Title : Daddy-Long-Legs Author : Jean WebsterNo. of pages : 185 pages

Jean Webster( 琴．韋伯斯特 ), who old name is Alice Jane Chandler( 愛麗斯．珍．錢德勒 ),was born on July 24, 1876 in American New York state Frey the Duoni Asia.( 美國紐約州的弗雷多尼亞 )

Her father was worked in the publishing , her mother is the American big literary giant( 大文豪 ) Mark Twain‘s( 馬克吐溫 ) niece

When she was student, she always went to the orphanage to do social service.( 社會服務 ) After she graduate, she started writing job.

On 1912, she finished <<Daddy-Long-Legs>>.On 1915, she wrote Daddy-Long-Legs continuation.( 續集 )

On 1915, she married to a lawyer.On 1916, after she gave birth to a daughter, she died because of sickness.

Part1 “Blue Wednesday” is talk about :

After Perfectly Awful Day, a trustee of the John Grier orphanage has sent the oldest orphan-- Jerusha Abbott to college because he wanted her to be a writer. The only requirement was she must wrote letter to him every month, and she can’t know who he is. Dean was very happy because no many girl can went to college.

The Letters of Miss Jerusha Abbott to Mr. Daddy-Long-Legs Smith is talk about:

Miss Jerusha Abbott wrote letters to Mr. Daddy-Long-Legs.

Judy as pours( 傾吐 ) out the object took “Daddy-long-legs”who

does not divulge the real name philanthropist, he looks like

was the family member was the same, “Daddy-long-legs”

would also reply her, the expression( 表示 ) care and

encourages.They talked about what happened to Jerusha in

the school .

The most unforgettable of the letter is :                                                 10th AprilDear Mr. Rich-Man,

Here's your check for fifty dollars. Thank you very much,but I do not feel that I can keep it. My allowance is sufficientto afford all of the hats that I need. I am sorry that I wroteall that silly stuff about the millinery shop; it's just that Ihad never seen anything like it before.

However, I wasn't begging! And I would rather not accept any morecharity than I have to.                   Sincerely yours,                                     Jerusha AbbottReason:Although it is a brevity letter, it contains many meanings.For example, take a bow and to voice mood herself.

Feeling:Before I read this book, I think this book is very boring.When I read English book, I need a dictionary near to me.But after I read this this book, I think it is suitable to teenage. We can learn a lot of new words in the book.

We have learnt a lot from the main character-- Daddy-Long-Legs, we have learnt giving is better than receiving. We think Daddy-Long-Legs helped Judy to go to college for study, he is happier than Judy.

In<<Daddy-long-legs>>,Judy always writes letters to daddy-long-legs. In her letters, she told him about her daily life in school and something funny. In the end, she wrote a letter to Jervie (Daddy-long-legs) to tell him that she loves him.

In our daily lives, letters let us share things with our relatives a

nd friends who we can't see them everyday. Also in the letters, we can share our feelings and something we can't say with our mouth because of shy. And every addressee receive letter will very happy because someone miss us and we can know their current situation. Now, we always use the e-mail and no use the letter. But I think letter is best than e-mail.Because if the letter is send to old friends, I think the sender what to say. “Although we are no play together, but we will keep our friendship forever.” And our friends can know our feeling in our writing.

After we read this book, first we think Jean Webster is a brilliant writer. Because we really love this story, it’s quite dramatic. She through Judy’s letters to tell the readers about Judy’s school life. It’s not same as the other books, just write out the story, and not attractive.

Our favorite character : is the most secret people in this book, Daddy-Long-Legs. Although he is quite strange, but he help Judy to college. When Judy felt sad or unhappy, he still make Judy smile again. When Judy got something happy, she can also share her happy to Daddy-Long-Legs.