A Girl of the Limberlost

A weak 3 stars. I have some GR friends who are into old-timey books. I had great luck with their recommend of Daddy-Long-Legs, so when A Girl of the Limberlost, written in 1909, was also highly recommended, I was all up for another delightful, old-fashioned experience. Anne Shirley, make way for Eln......more

I had never read this book before although some of my children did. I quite enjoyed it.......more

2025 updates: Rereading this as an adult, with it no longer being my absolute favorite book but still being one of my favorites, I am so bemused by it. Like, yes, lovely story, but oh my goodness, I cannot. Philip ... why. Why are you the way that you are? WHAT DO YOU MEAN 'CAN I KISS YOU GOODBYE'? Edi......more

A revisit of a 1909 classic by naturalist and photographer Gene Stratton-Porter, this is familiar territory for Montgomery fans and also contains seeds of the richness of ‘Where the Crawdads Sing.’ The opening chapters and first half are undoubtedly the most rewarding, with an amount of patience req......more

First and foremost, you ask, what is a Limberlost? My wife will tell you it's a fairly accurate description of my posture at my decrepit age, but however true that may be, it's irrelevant to Gene Stratton-Porter's most famous novel. The Limberlost is actually a famous forest area in eastern Indiana......more