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A Girl of the Limberlost

First published
1909
Pages
318

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  1. Chapter 1: Wherein Elnora Goes to High School, and Learns Many Lessons not Found in Her Books

    35:04

  2. Chapter 2: Wherein Wesley and Margaret Go Shopping, and Elnora's Wardrobe Is Replenished

    16:48

  3. Chapter 3: Wherein Elnora Visits the Bird Woman, and Opens a Bank Account

    18:58

  4. Chapter 4: Wherein the Sintons Are Disappointed, and Mrs. Comstock Learns that She Can Laugh

    38:08

  5. Chapter 5: Wherein Elnora Receives a Warning and Billy Appears on the Scene

    22:17

  6. Chapter 6: Wherein Mrs. Comstock Indulges in 'Frills,' and Billy Reappears

    29:23

  7. Chapter 7: Wherein Mrs. Comstock Manipulates Margaret, and Billy Acquires a Residence

    43:02

  8. Chapter 8: Wherein the Limberlost Tempts Elnora, and Billy Buries His Father

    11:38

  9. Chapter 9: Wherein Elnora Discovers a Violin, and Billy Disciplines Margaret

    23:03

  10. Chapter 10: Wherein Elnora Has More Financial Troubles, and Mrs. Comstock Again Hears the Song of the Limberlost

    31:33

  11. Chapter 11: Wherein Elnora Graduates, and Freckles and the Angel Send Gifts

    26:49

  12. Chapter 12: Wherein Margaret Sinton Reveals a Secret, and Mrs. Comstock Possesses the Limberlost

    42:06

  13. Chapter 13: Wherein Mother Love Is Bestowed on Elnora, and She Finds an Assistant in Moth Hunting

    25:48

  14. Chapter 14: Wherein a New Position Is Tendered Elnora, and Philip Ammon Is Shown Limberlost Violets

    20:15

  15. Chapter 15: Wherein Mrs. Comstock Faces the Almighty, and Philip Ammon Writes a Letter

    22:21

  16. Chapter 16: Wherein the Limberlost Sings for Ammon, and the Talking Trees Tell Great Secrets

    17:37

  17. Chapter 17: Wherein Mrs. Comstock Dances in the Moonlight, and Elnora Makes a Confession

    22:57

  18. Chapter 18: Wherein Mrs. Comstock Experiments with Rejuvenation, and Elnora Teaches Natural History

    17:29

  19. Chapter 19: Wherein Philip Ammon Gives a Ball in Honour of Edith Carr, and Hart Henderson Appears on the Scene

    21:49

  20. Chapter 20: Wherein the Elder Ammon Offers Advice, and Edith Carr Experiences Regrets

    13:16

  21. Chapter 21: Wherein Philip Ammon Returns to the Limberlost, and Elnora Studies the Situation

    25:09

  22. Chapter 22: Wherein Philip Ammon Kneels to the Queen of Love, and Chicago Comes to the Limberlost

    30:43

  23. Chapter 23: Wherein Elnora Reaches a Decision, and Freckles and the Angel Appear

    20:11

  24. Chapter 24: Wherein Edith Carr Wages a Battle and Hart Henderson Stands Guard

    19:20

  25. Chapter 25: Wherein Philip Finds Elnora, and Edith Carr Offers a Yellow Emperor

    32:29

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Elnora Comstock grows up at the edge of Indiana's Limberlost swamp, bright and eager for school but held back by poverty and a mother worn hard by grief. To pay her own way, she collects moths, butterflies, and other specimens from the wetland and sells them, turning the wild place everyone else fears into her livelihood and refuge. Gene Stratton-Porter weaves careful natural history through a story of self-reliance, first love, and the slow thaw between a daughter and the mother who cannot show she cares. Rooted in a landscape the author knew and fought to protect, it became one of the most beloved American novels of its day. A free PDF and EPUB edition is available here.

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Gene Stratton-Porter

Gene Stratton-Porter (1863-1924) was an American author, naturalist, and nature photographer. Devoted to Indiana's Limberlost wetland, she wove her careful field study of birds and moths into best-selling novels and nature books, and later became one of the era's first women to run her own film studio.

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First published
1909
Reading time
About 9 hours
Pages
318
Language
English
Formats
PDF, EPUB, Read online, Audiobook
Audio read by
Patience Charles