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A Girl of the Limberlost: A Novel of Nature, Independence, and Coming of Age
Paperback
RomanceClassic FictionLiterary Fiction
ISBN13: 9781604594492
Publisher: SMK Books
Published: Aug 6 2008
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.84
Height: 0.58 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Elnora Comstock wants an education, a future, and a life beyond the poverty, grief, and resentment that have shaped her childhood. Living near Indiana's Limberlost Swamp with a mother embittered by loss, Elnora enters high school determined to earn her place despite shabby clothes, little money, and no encouragement at home. Resourceful and proud, she gathers moths, studies the natural world, and slowly builds a life from her own intelligence, discipline, and courage.
Gene Stratton-Porter's beloved novel blends coming-of-age fiction, romance, family drama, nature writing, and American regional literature. The Limberlost is not merely a setting but a living presence in the story, filled with birds, insects, plants, and hidden beauty that shape Elnora's imagination and independence. Her struggle for education and dignity gives the novel lasting appeal as a story of self-reliance, forgiveness, perseverance, and moral growth.
First published in the early twentieth century, A Girl of the Limberlost remains one of Stratton-Porter's most enduring works, valued by readers of classic American fiction, women's coming-of-age stories, nature-centered literature, inspirational fiction, and regional novels rooted in the landscapes and social expectations of rural America.
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