Daddy Long-Legs

I do remember reading this when I was a young adult, but decided to read it again and I was not disappointed. It is a great story. I am not one for reading a lot of classics, but I would recommend this one. It is about a young girl who has been in an orphanage most of her life. She is then given the chance to go to college but is not allowed to know who is sponsoring her. The book is all the letters that she writes to her sponsor who she calls Daddy Long Legs. I loved the writing style and the language used in the book. There were so many wonderful quotes, that I had to write a lot of them down to remember them. Well worth the read.

This is one of the most beautiful love stories ever written, and I have read it time and time again since I was a young girl. The book is written in the form of letters from a young girl to her benefactor. Can't say much without giving away the heart of the book, but if you haven't read it you're really missing out.

What a delightful book! An easy read without being shallow, Daddy Long Legs draws you gently along with a likeable and thought provoking heroine. My only regret is that I didn't discover it in my early teens, as I'd have loved it then, but it was nonetheless an entertaining read in my 30's, which made me think back to my own uni days, a world apart from Judy's in many ways, but strangely similar in others.

As indulgent as a box of chocolates. Not great literature, but charming and heartwarming. For adolescents and adults wanting entertainment in an undemanding way. If you take to it , you may not stop till you've read it all! If not your cup of tea, you may throw it down as sweet sentimental tosh!

Seriously small print in this edition, had to return it and buy a different edition (Puffin classics one) which was great