Daddy-Long-Legs (novel)
1912 first edition title page | |
| Author | Jean Webster |
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| Illustrator | John R. Neill, Jean Webster (magazine) Jean Webster (novel) |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Young adult, Children's literature |
| Publisher | The Century Company |
Publication date | April – September 1912 (magazine) September 28, 1912 (novel) |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 304 |
| Followed by | Dear Enemy |
| Text | Daddy-Long-Legs at Wikisource |
Daddy-Long-Legs is a 1912 epistolary novel by the American writer Jean Webster. It follows the protagonist, Jerusha "Judy" Abbott, as she leaves an orphanage and is sent to college by a benefactor whom she has never seen. The novel was initially serialized in the April–September 1912 issues of the Ladies' Home Journal, and first published in book form by The Century Company on September 28, 1912.