Gene Stratton-Porter’s classic novel about the redemptive and healing power of the natural world.
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Biography of Gene Stratton-Porter
Written in 1909, A Girl of the Limberlost follows Elnora Comstock, an unsophisticated rural girl, who defies her embittered and neglectful mother by attending the large public high school in town. She funds her education by collecting and selling the rare moths that she finds near her home by Indiana's Limberlost Swamp. With themes of resilience, forgiveness, and the healing power of nature, this novel is one of Gene Stratton-Porter's most endearing and enduring works.
Gene Stratton-Porter, born in Indiana in 1863, was a naturalist and novelist who became one of the best selling authors of her time. She was a singular woman whose passion for the natural world continues to inspire readers worldwide.
Gene Stratton-Porter (August 17, 1863 – December 6, 1924) was an American author, early naturalist, nature photographer, and one of the first women to form a movie studio and production company, Gene Stratton-Porter Productions, Inc. She wrote several best-selling novels and well-received columns in national magazines, such as McCall's. Her works were translated into several languages, including Braille, and Stratton-Porter was estimated to have had 50 million readers around the world. She used her position and income as a well-known author to support conservation of Limberlost Swamp and other wetlands in the state of Indiana. Her novel A Girl of the Limberlost was adapted four times as a film, most recently in 1990 in a made-for-TV version.
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