A Girl of the Limberlost: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
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A Girl of the Limberlost is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Stratton-Porter, Gene (1863–1924).
Catalogue synopsis
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"A Girl of the Limberlost" by Gene Stratton-Porter is a novel published in August 1909. Set in Indiana's vanishing Limberlost Swamp, it follows Elnora Comstock, an impoverished young woman struggling to attend high school despite her widowed mother's cold neglect and blame. Determined to earn an education, Elnora devises an enterprising scheme selling moths and artifacts from the swamp. Through heartache, betrayal, and emotional disasters, she fights to win her mother's love while pursuing her dreams of learning and independence.
Book and edition facts
- Title: A Girl of the Limberlost
- Author credits: Stratton-Porter, Gene (1863–1924)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Bildungsromans
- Conflict of generations -- Fiction
- Didactic fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Girls -- Fiction
- Indiana -- Fiction
- Mothers and daughters -- Fiction
- Moths -- Fiction
- Swamps -- Fiction
Gutenberg collections
- Category: American Literature
- Category: Children & Young Adult Reading
- Category: Novels
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