About Freckles & A Girl of the Limberlost
“Three years had changed Elnora from the girl of sixteen to the very verge of womanhood. It was a compound of self-reliance, hard knocks, heart hunger, unceasing work, and generosity.”
Freckles & A Girl of the Limberlost is a 2-book collection of novels by American author Gene Stratton-Porter. Considered classics of Indiana literature, both novels showcase the author’s vivid and poetic writing style, as well as her love of the natural world and the beauty of the wilderness.
A Girl of the Limberlost (1909) is a novel about a young girl named Elnora who lives near the Limberlost swamp in Indiana. Freckles (1904) follows the story of a young man hired to guard a section of Indiana timberland. In these works, Stratton-Porter explore themes such as the power of nature, the importance of perseverance, and the transformative power of love.
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