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1、Book Report1.Title of the book: Daddy-long-legs2. Brief introduction of the author:JeanWebsterJeanWebsterwasborninNewYorkin1867,andshewasanAmericanwriterandauthorofmanybooksincludingDaddy-long-legsandDearEnemy.Shewasachampionofwomen’srightandsocialreform.Daddy-long-legs(1912)broughthercriticala
2、cclaimandfinancialsuccessandwasadaptedintoaplayin1914.Shediedgivingbirthtoadaughterattheageof40.AndJeanWebster’smotherwasanieceofMarkTwain.Sothatistosay,WebsterwasagrandnieceofMarkTwain.Maybehertalentwasapartfromherfamilialinheritance.3.ThegeneralideasinthebookTheleadingcharacterinthisbookisJer
3、ushaAbbott,agirlwhowasbroughtupattheJohnGrierHome,anold-fashionedorphanage.Thechildrenwerewhollydependentoncharity.Jerusha’sfirstnamewasselectedbythematronoffagravestone,whilehersurnamewasselectedoutofthephonebook.Shedidn’tlikehername,solattershechangeditintoJudy.Attheageof15,shehasfinishedhere
4、ducationandwasatlooseends,sothequestionofherfuturewasbroughtup.Luckily,shehaddonewellinschoolincertainbranchesanditseemedthatherworkinEnglishhadevenbeenbrilliant.Soagentlemanhadofferedtosendhertocollegeandhewasplanningtoeducatehertobecomeawriter.Withthehelpofagentlemanwhomshehadneverseen,shewen
5、ttoacollege.Butshewasaskedtowritealettertothemanonceamonthabouthercollegelife.Judyfoundherlifecompletelychangedwiththehelpofthismysteriousbenefactor.Shejustknewthebenefactorwastallandrich.Andhewillstaytallallhislife,soshedecidedtocallhimDaddy-long-legs.JudykeptherpromisethatshesentDaddyletterat
6、leastonceamonth.Shewroteletterstellingoftheprogressinherstudiesanddetailsofherdailylife.Throughletters,theybecamefamiliarwitheachother,thoughJudystillhadn’tmetherdaddy.AndallherletterswouldbeaddressedtoMr.JohnSmith,butthiswasnotthegentleman’struename,hepreferredtoremainunknown.Asyearspassedby,b
7、ecausehercollegeexperience,Judybecomemoreindependent.Andwiththedevelopmentofherrelationshipwithdaddy,therewasaspecialfeelingcametoappear.Inherreallife,shewasfondofarichandhandsomemannamedJervis,butsherejectedhisproposal.Thereasons