Project Gutenberg 2013-03-31 Public domain in the USA. 65 Webster, Jean 1876 1916 McKinney, Jean Webster Webster, Alice Jean Chandler Daddy-Long-Legs. Dutch Vadertje Langbeen Illustrated by the author. Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Vadertje Langbeen" by Jean Webster is a novel likely written in the early 20th century. The story centers around Jerusha Abbott, an orphan living in a foundling home, as she navigates the challenges of growing up and education while yearning for a life beyond the confines of the institution. The book highlights her imaginative spirit and her correspondence with an anonymous benefactor she affectionately names "Daddy-Long-Legs." The opening of the novel introduces readers to the dreariness of "Lamme Woensdag," a day dreaded by the children at the orphanage due to the strict expectations placed upon them by the directrice. Jerusha Abbott, the main character, weaves through her responsibilities with a blend of determination and daydreaming about a life outside her current situation. She is tasked with caring for younger children and contemplates her future when the directrice reveals that a regent has decided to sponsor her university education based on her promising writing talent. This announcement leads Jerusha to begin corresponding with her mysterious benefactor, setting the stage for her journey of self-discovery and growth as she aspires to become a writer. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42443/42443-h/images/coverth.jpg nl Orphans -- Fiction Boarding schools -- Fiction Schools -- Fiction Young women -- Fiction Love stories Bildungsromans Epistolary fiction Women authors -- Fiction Philanthropists -- Fiction Women college students -- Fiction Universities and colleges -- Fiction Letters -- Fiction PZ PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 362309 362322 2024-09-17T17:03:41.497053 2023-09-18T11:38:16.720462 text/html text/html 364928 2013-03-31T08:29:30 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1049899 2013-03-31T08:29:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1102699 2024-09-17T17:03:55.059975 application/epub+zip 1093178 2024-09-17T17:03:45.150013 application/epub+zip 182662 2024-09-17T17:03:42.410032 application/epub+zip 3393865 2024-09-17T17:04:01.232905 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3341934 2024-09-17T17:03:51.612009 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 249665 2022-09-19T11:31:45.606321 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 295398 2024-09-17T17:03:40.194022 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 295895 2013-03-31T08:29:24 text/plain; charset=utf-8 107126 2013-03-31T08:29:34 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 295042 2013-03-31T08:29:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 106833 2013-03-31T08:29:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 23059 2024-09-17T17:04:01.436032 application/rdf+xml 17646 2024-09-17T17:03:42.531009 image/jpeg 2156 2024-09-17T17:03:42.471012 image/jpeg 1023602 2024-09-17T17:03:41.671019 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia