Set in the Limberlost swamp of Indiana, A Girl of the Limberlost follows Elnora Comstock through struggles and triumphs as she seeks education and the mother love she has always been denied. - Summary by Patience Charles
Chapters
1 Chapter 1: Wherein Elnora Goes to High School, and Learns Many Lessons not Found in Her Books 35 min 2 Chapter 2: Wherein Wesley and Margaret Go Shopping, and Elnora's Wardrobe Is Replenished 17 min 3 Chapter 3: Wherein Elnora Visits the Bird Woman, and Opens a Bank Account 19 min 4 Chapter 4: Wherein the Sintons Are Disappointed, and Mrs. Comstock Learns that She Can Laugh 38 min 5 Chapter 5: Wherein Elnora Receives a Warning and Billy Appears on the Scene 22 min 6 Chapter 6: Wherein Mrs. Comstock Indulges in 'Frills,' and Billy Reappears 29 min 7 Chapter 7: Wherein Mrs. Comstock Manipulates Margaret, and Billy Acquires a Residence 43 min 8 Chapter 8: Wherein the Limberlost Tempts Elnora, and Billy Buries His Father 12 min 9 Chapter 9: Wherein Elnora Discovers a Violin, and Billy Disciplines Margaret 23 min 10 Chapter 10: Wherein Elnora Has More Financial Troubles, and Mrs. Comstock Again Hears the Song of the Limberlost 32 min 11 Chapter 11: Wherein Elnora Graduates, and Freckles and the Angel Send Gifts 27 min 12 Chapter 12: Wherein Margaret Sinton Reveals a Secret, and Mrs. Comstock Possesses the Limberlost 42 min 13 Chapter 13: Wherein Mother Love Is Bestowed on Elnora, and She Finds an Assistant in Moth Hunting 26 min 14 Chapter 14: Wherein a New Position Is Tendered Elnora, and Philip Ammon Is Shown Limberlost Violets 20 min 15 Chapter 15: Wherein Mrs. Comstock Faces the Almighty, and Philip Ammon Writes a Letter 22 min 16 Chapter 16: Wherein the Limberlost Sings for Ammon, and the Talking Trees Tell Great Secrets 18 min 17 Chapter 17: Wherein Mrs. Comstock Dances in the Moonlight, and Elnora Makes a Confession 23 min 18 Chapter 18: Wherein Mrs. Comstock Experiments with Rejuvenation, and Elnora Teaches Natural History 17 min 19 Chapter 19: Wherein Philip Ammon Gives a Ball in Honour of Edith Carr, and Hart Henderson Appears on the Scene 22 min 20 Chapter 20: Wherein the Elder Ammon Offers Advice, and Edith Carr Experiences Regrets 13 min 21 Chapter 21: Wherein Philip Ammon Returns to the Limberlost, and Elnora Studies the Situation 25 min 22 Chapter 22: Wherein Philip Ammon Kneels to the Queen of Love, and Chicago Comes to the Limberlost 31 min 23 Chapter 23: Wherein Elnora Reaches a Decision, and Freckles and the Angel Appear 20 min 24 Chapter 24: Wherein Edith Carr Wages a Battle and Hart Henderson Stands Guard 19 min 25 Chapter 25: Wherein Philip Finds Elnora, and Edith Carr Offers a Yellow Emperor 32 min
