ŷ

Menna Emad's Reviews > Daddy-Long-Legs

Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster
Rate this book
Clear rating

by
1802709
's review

really liked it
bookshelves: read-it-in-english, روايات-وكتب-أجنبية, more-than-once, classics
Read 2 times. Last read July 7, 2017 to July 10, 2017.

Amazing, funny, very easy to read and those are my favorite quotes:

* When she first go to the college:
“it is restful to be alone. This is the first chance I've ever had to get acquainted with Jerusha Abbott. I think I'm going to like her.�

* When she confess her love to her Daddy-Long-Legs:
“I hate the moonlight because it's beautiful and he isn't here to see it with me.�

* The last letter begins with:
“My Very Dearest Master-Jervie-Daddy-Long-Legs Pendleton-Smith,�
2 likes · flag

Sign into ŷ to see if any of your friends have read Daddy-Long-Legs.
Sign In »

Quotes Menna Liked

Jean Webster
“I like to pretend that you belong to me, just to play with the idea, but of course I know you don't. I'm alone, really--with my back to the wall fighting the world--and I get sort of gaspy when I think about it. I put it out of my mind, and keep on pretending; but don't you see, Daddy?”
Jean Webster, Daddy-Long-Legs


Reading Progress

February 4, 2015 – Shelved as: to-read
February 4, 2015 – Shelved
February 9, 2015 – Started Reading
February 9, 2015 – Shelved as: read-it-in-english
February 9, 2015 – Shelved as: روايات-وكتب-أجنبية
February 9, 2015 –
0.0% "so funny and refreshing, I liked already from the first few pages"
February 10, 2015 –
40.0%
February 11, 2015 –
70.0%
February 12, 2015 – Finished Reading
July 7, 2017 – Started Reading
July 10, 2017 – Finished Reading
July 13, 2017 – Shelved as: more-than-once
January 26, 2022 – Shelved as: classics

No comments have been added yet.