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书名：Daddy-Long-Legs长腿叔叔
读者对象：9-11岁
难度：Lexile蓝思阅读指数920L
作者：Jean Webster
出版社名称：Alma Classics
出版时间：2018
语种：英文
ISBN：9781847496515
商品尺寸：13.1 x 1.4 x 18.6 cm
包装：平装
页数：224 （以实物为准）
Daddy-Long-Legs《长腿叔叔》是简·韦伯斯特创作的长篇小说作品。整部小说由女主人公乔若莎·艾伯特（茱蒂）写给供养她读大学的好心人——孤儿院理事“长腿叔叔”史密斯先生的信件组成，这些信件记录了一个女孩的大学生活以及情感历程。小说后被改编成舞台剧、戏曲、卡通和电影等。
推荐理由：
1. 经典的童话作品，曾被媒体评价为“百年难得一见的好书”，内容胜过《小妇人》；
2. 插图生动形象，内容幽默有趣，故事情节吸引人心；
3. 阅读难度适中，有利于提升孩子的英语水平，可作为中小学生课外英文读物使用；
4. 书末有作者（The Writer）、书籍（The Book）、书中角色（The Character）等的介绍，还有一篇选择题测试（Test Yourself），可检验读者对全书内容是否真正理解。
One of the classics of American children's literature, Daddy-Long-Legs tells the tale of Judy Abbott – an ebullient orphan beginning a college degree with the aim of becoming a writer – through her letters to the anonymous patron who is paying for her education.
Judy is informed that she must write him monthly letters, but that she will never know his identity or receive a letter in reply. One day, Judy catches a glimpse of the man's shadow and sees a pair of long legs, but just who is this mysterious benefactor?“I think that the most necessary quality for any person to have is imagination. It makes people able to put themselves in other people's places. It makes them kind and sympathetic and understanding.”
Review
“The whole book slips down as deliciously as an ice-cream on a hot summer's day.” ―Guardian
乔若莎·亚伯特（后改名：荣蒂）在孤儿院长大，对孤儿院生活感到很厌倦，渴望美好的生活。因为自己写的一篇文毫，她受到孤儿院一位匿名理事的资助而上了大学。茱蒂没有见过这位理事，只是偶然看见理事瘦长的身影，所以戏称他为“长腿叔叔”。作为资助的要求，理事让茱蒂每个月都要给他写信，汇报生活的点滴，并声明不会回信。
于是，茱蒂以幽默逗趣而又真情流露的笔调，开始写信给心目中的“长腿叔叔”。后来，当她爱上杰维少爷时，她又将“长腿叔叔”作为倾诉的对象。正当她考虑向杰维表达爱意的时候，她的“长腿叔叔”终于露面了……
简·韦伯斯特，出生在美国纽约，美国知名作家马克·吐温的孙侄女，也是美国知名的小说家。她出生于一个充满文艺气息的家庭中，父亲是Charles L. Webster出版公司的合伙人，母亲则是《汤姆历险记》作者马克·吐温（Mark Twain）的侄女。
Jean Webster (1876–1916) was born Alice Jane Chandler Webster in Fredonia, New York. A grand-niece of Mark Twain, she had several novels published in her lifetime, but it was the bestseller Daddy-Long-Legs (1912) that brought her great popular acclaim. It was later developed into a stage play and several movies.
