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The oldest orphan at a dreary home for foundlings, Judy Abbott is about to go off to college — a dream she's been able to realize with the help of a benefactor who insists on remaining anonymous. There's a catch, though: Judy has to write her unknown patron regularly about school activities, and it's to be one-sided correspondence because she is to expect no reply.Judy faithfully addresses her letters to «Daddy-Long-Legs,» a name she decides to use after having glimpsed the back of her tall, mysterious friend. At school, she hides her impoverished past from her arrogant classmate Julia, whose young, handsome, and rich uncle becomes a figure who sets Judy and readers alike wondering about the identity of her secret and immensely generous sponsor.Presented in letter format, with dozens of messages to «Daddy,» this charming romantic novel of the early twentieth century — written and delightfully illustrated by the author, who had an interest in the problems of the unfortunate — inspired numerous popular motion pictures. Получить ссылку |
Daddy-Long-Legs
Автор: Джин Уэбстер
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Джин Уэбстер (Элис Джейн Чендлер) – американская писательница, внучатая племянница Марка Твена. Она прожила всего сорок лет, умерла во время родов. Ее повести в письмах принесли ей мировую славу. Поставленный на Бродвее по мотивам этих произведений спектакль, созданные в разные годы киноверсии имели шумный успех. В первой экранизации роль героини сыграла знаменитая актриса немого кино Мери Пикфорд. "Длинноногий дядюшка" – очень известное произведение Джин Уэбстер. Кто он такой, Длинноногий Дядюшка? Молодая воспитанница колледжа видела его только однажды, со спины. Он устроил ее в колледж с условием, что она будет писать ему письма без надежды на ответ. И исчез из ее жизни… Пытаясь разгадать тайну Длинноногого Дядюшки, в действительности девочка-подросток открывает мир и собственную душу. Это трогательное, полное юмора произведение оставляет ощущение свежести и тепла. Легкий и доступный язык Уэбстер делает книгу привлекательной даже для тех, кто еще только начинает изучать английский язык.
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Автор: Butler Ellis Parker
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Автор: Meade L. T.
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Daddy Long-Legs
Автор: Джин Уэбстер
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Daddy’s Little Earner: A heartbreaking true story of a brave little girl's escape from violence
Автор: Maria Landon
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The shocking story of a young girl forced into prostitution by her own father, and her painful journey to escape her horrific childhood and build a new life for herself and her sons.Maria's dad was a pimp, living in a world of thieves and street-walkers. Her mother, tiring of turning tricks for her husband, walked out, leaving the children in his chaotic, violent and sometimes cruel care. By the age of nine, Maria's father was abusing her and getting a prostitute friend to dress her up in stockings and make-up. By the time she was fourteen he was selling her on the streets of the red light district in Norwich.Despite everything Maria still loved her swaggering and sometimes charming father and found it hard to sort out her own feelings. At fifteen she ran away to King's Cross with an older lover who turned out to be just another pimp. Furious at losing a nice little earner her father involved the police and both he and the other man were jailed for living off Maria's immoral earnings. Only then could Maria escape her traumatic childhood and follow her dream of becoming a mother.
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