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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to attend an all-girls boarding school? How about a boarding school in the early 1900s? Join Patty and her friends in their shenanigans in this classic Jean Webster tale.

College senior Patty Wyatt is a fun-loving, headstrong, and intelligent girl who gets herself into mischief and learns valuable lessons, both in and out of the classroom. Written in 1903, this is Jean Webster’s first of many great American novels. 

First published in 1912, Daddy-Long-Legs is an epistolary novel that follows orphan Jerusha "Judy" Abbott through her college years through a series of letters written to her anonymous benefactor, whom she nicknames "Daddy-Long-Legs." As Judy learns to navigate the complex world of studies, social life, and romance, her letters convey her growth and address the increasingly complex questions that preoccupy her.

Vi invitiamo all’ascolto di un libro delizioso, Papà Gambalunga, di Jean Webster, scrittrice americana vissuta a cavallo tra la fine dell’800 e gli inizi del 900. Il suo pensiero aperto e progressista resiste alla patina del tempo ed è quanto mai attuale, sia nel campo dell’educazione, che in quello delle relazioni.Dal libro furono tratti film, commedie musicali, e “anime” giapponesi. Musica di Kevin Mac LeodAl termine dell’audiolibro, una breve intervista immaginaria all’autrice. Intervistatrice: Manuela Daviddi.

The sequel to Daddy-Long-Legs finds Judy Abbott's best friend, Sallie McBride, taking total control over the John Grier Home, the orphanage where Judy grew up. Chronicling her hilarious yet heartfelt day-to-day interactions with the permanent residents of the John Grier Home, Sallie spills her heart out in letter after letter to multiple recipients, including the doctor of the JGH - one Robin MacRae, whom she has deemed her enemy and refers to him as such in her letters.

Jerusha "Judy" Abbott's life is drastically changed one day when a mysterious and rich benefactor scoops her up from an orphanage - the only home she has ever known - and offers to pay her way through college. Her benefactor has many requests, the two most important being that she uses this opportunity to become a writer, and that she writes him monthly to update him on her studies.