Vintage Friday: 11 Kisses for A Girl of the Limberlost

A GIRL OF THE LIMBERLOST GirloftheLimberlost

Author – Gene Stratton Porter
First Published – 1909
Genre – Fiction
Setting – the Limberlost Swamp of rural Indiana
Heroine – Elnora Comstock – Poor country girl with music in her blood who pays for schooling by collecting and selling rare moths.
Hero – Philip Ammon – Pure hearted aristocrat who becomes mesmerized by the untouched beauty of the Limberlost and Elnora.
Antagonist – 1st part of book – Mrs. Comstock – Sour and warped, she resents her daughter Elnora and blames the girl for her husband’s untimely death. 2nd part of book – Edith Carr – Vain and self-centered, she treats her fiancé Philip Ammon like some sort of lap dog minion.
Black Moment – Elnora’s mother stomps on the final moth that Elnora needs to complete a rare collection to pay for college.
Favorite Supporting Character – the orphaned ragamuffin Billy
Fun Tidbit – This wonderful novel was my mother’s favorite. It is like two stories in one. The first story is that of Elnora and her bitter mother. How can a mother dislike her daughter to the point of not caring when she is hurt? Will she ever thaw and open her heart? The second is of the growing bond between Elnora and Philip, with Edith Carr’s shrill voice tinkling around them like shards of ice. 

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By Self (Own work) [CC BY 2.5 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5)], via Wikimedia Commons
Memorable Line – “But as I figure it, it’s just June, when it comes to these great, velvet-winged night moths which sweep its moonlit skies, consummating their scheme of creation, and dropping like a bloomed-out flower.”

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Flossie Benton Rogers, Conjuring the Magic with Paranormal Fantasy Romance 

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6 comments

  1. Thank you for the wonderful summing up of this novel! I haven’t heard of it. As about mother -daughter bad relationship, wait till Dracula’s Mistress is released.

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  2. I’ve never heard of this novel, but it sounds like a fascinating read. From the setting, to the class differences and the relationship entanglements, it sounds like something you could really immerse yourself in. And moths? 😀 Whenever I hear that word my ears perk up. 🙂

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