A Girl of the Limberlost
Written by Gene Stratton-Porter
Narrated by Christina Moore
4.5/5
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Gene Stratton-Porter
Gene Stratton-Porter (1863-1924) was an American author, photographer, and naturalist. Born in Indiana, she was raised in a family of eleven children. In 1874, she moved with her parents to Wabash, Indiana, where her mother would die in 1875. When she wasn’t studying literature, music, and art at school and with tutors, Stratton-Porter developed her interest in nature by spending much of her time outdoors. In 1885, after a year-long courtship, she became engaged to druggist Charles Dorwin Porter, with whom she would have a daughter. She soon grew tired of traditional family life, however, and dedicated herself to writing by 1895. At their cabin in Indiana, she conducted lengthy studies of the natural world, focusing on birds and ecology. She published her stories, essays, and photographs in Outing, Metropolitan, and Good Housekeeping before embarking on a career as a novelist. Freckles (1904) and A Girl of the Limberlost (1909) were both immediate bestsellers, entertaining countless readers with their stories of youth, romance, and survival. Much of her works, fiction and nonfiction, are set in Indiana’s Limberlost Swamp, a vital wetland connected to the Wabash River. As the twentieth century progressed, the swamp was drained and cultivated as farmland, making Stratton-Porter’s depictions a vital resource for remembering and celebrating the region. Over the past several decades, however, thousands of acres of the wetland have been restored, marking the return of countless species to the Limberlost, which for Stratton-Porter was always “a word with which to conjure; a spot wherein to revel.”
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The story is well read and if you are a fan of Gene Stratton Porter, you will enjoy this book. If you are unfamiliar with this author it should be understood she was primarily a nature conservationist, and she weaves her passion into a novel setting. Her heros and heroines are practically perfect, her villains are caught and brought to justice or repentance. There is a sense of romance that might be typical of her time that comes across to me , as an older woman, overdone. I probably ate it up as a teenager.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The narrator is unbelievably good!! She made listening to this great story so enjoyable!