A Girl of the Limberlost: A Classic of Indiana Literature
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ISBN10: 1717586570
ISBN13: 9781717586575
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: Apr 30 2018
Pages: 202
Weight: 1.06
Height: 0.43 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781717586575
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: Apr 30 2018
Pages: 202
Weight: 1.06
Height: 0.43 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton Porter. A Girl of the Limberlost, a novel by American writer and naturalist Gene Stratton-Porter, was published in August 1909. It is considered a classic of Indiana literature. It is the sequel to her earlier novel Freckles. The novel is set in northeastern Indiana. Most of the action takes place either in or around the Limberlost, or in the nearby, fictional town of Onabasha. The novel's main character, Elnora Comstock, is an impoverished young woman who lives with her widowed mother, Katharine Comstock, on the edge of the Limberlost. Elnora faces cold neglect by her mother, a woman who feels ruined by the death of her husband, Robert Comstock, who drowned in quicksand in the swamp. Katharine blames Elnora for his death, because her husband died while she gave birth to their daughter and could not come to his rescue. The Comstocks make money by selling eggs and other farm products, but Mrs. Comstock refuses to cut down a single tree in the forest, or to delve for oil, as the neighbors around them are doing, even though the added income would make their lives easier.
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