A Girl of the Limberlost - Couverture rigide

Stratton-Porter, Gene

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1515435652 ISBN 13 : 9781515435655

Editeur : SMK Books, 2023

Synopsis

Elnora Comstock is a poor girl, living with her widowed mother on the edge of the Limberlost swamp. She begins high school despite lack of money and her painfully unfashionable dress. She faces cold neglect from her mother, a woman ruined by the death of her husband. Eventually, Elnora wins her mother's love. She then meats and falls in love with a young man who is already engaged.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Gene Stratton-Porter (1863-1924) was an American novelist, naturalist, photographer, and conservationist whose fiction drew heavily on the landscapes, wildlife, and rural communities of Indiana. Born Geneva Grace Stratton in Wabash County, Indiana, she developed a lifelong interest in birds, insects, plants, and wetlands, and much of her best-known work reflects close observation of the natural world. Her writing helped bring the Limberlost Swamp and other Midwestern environments into popular fiction at a time when many such habitats were being drained, cleared, and transformed.Stratton-Porter became one of the most widely read American authors of the early twentieth century. Her novels often combine romance, moral testing, family conflict, self-reliance, and detailed nature description, giving her work strong appeal to both general readers and younger audiences. Her best-known books include Freckles, A Girl of the Limberlost, The Harvester, Laddie, and Michael O'Halloran. In addition to her fiction, she wrote nature studies and produced wildlife photography, making her an important figure in the overlap between popular literature, conservation awareness, and American regional writing.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: SMK Books
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1515435652
• ISBN 13: 9781515435655
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 255
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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