A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter
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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. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Stratton-Porter, Gene, 1863-1924 |
|---|---|
| Title | A Girl of the Limberlost |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Girl_of_the_Limberlost_(novel) |
| Credits | Judith Boss |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 84.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Didactic fiction |
| Subject | Indiana -- Fiction |
| Subject | Domestic fiction |
| Subject | Bildungsromans |
| Subject | Mothers and daughters -- Fiction |
| Subject | Girls -- Fiction |
| Subject | Conflict of generations -- Fiction |
| Subject | Swamps -- Fiction |
| Subject | Moths -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 125 |
| Release Date | Mar 8, 2006 |
| Last Update | Mar 17, 2023 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1309 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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