Thrifted Book Review #2

➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵

Title: A Girl Of The Limberlost

➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵

Author:

Gene Stratton-Porter

Provided Summary(s):

There it stood in a bank window in big black letters staring straight at her:

~

~

Elnora caught the wicket at the cashier's desk with both hands to brace herself against disappointment. ” Who is it wants to buy cocoons, butterflies, and moths?” she panted. ”The Bird Woman,” answered the cashier. ”Have you some for sale?”

•

Of all the books written by Hoosier writers, Gene Stratton-Porter’s ”A Girl Of The Limberlost” is unquestionably the most cherished. It is the timeless story of an impoverished young girl, Elnora Comstock, growing up on the edge of the Limberlost swamp. In order to pay for her education, she collects moths. Since 1909, when ”A Girl Of The Limberlost” was first published, Elnora Comstock has served as a role model for successive generations of young readers. Her beauty of soul and love of nature continue to try am readers of all ages.

➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵

My First Copy:

Cover And Spine:

Art Style:

There Was An Inscription On The Inside Cover:

Simple But Lovely.

Copyright Date And Edition:

1909 Triangle Edition

Original Price:

Unknown

Price I Paid:

Free

Page Count:

313

Time Taken To Read It:

Two days until I ran across a problem.

Story Time:

I picked this book up from a free book box. People go to donate books there for other people to read. I was donating some books and found this one. I was in school at the time and I had gotten halfway through the book I noticed a page missing. Like literally ripped out. We weren't really allowed to read on our phones in our English class so I checked the school library and came up empty-handed. I was extremely disappointed as I wanted to continue reading my book. I'm pretty firm on the ideal of reading physical books (unless it's fanfiction) and stopped reading it until I could find another copy. Around a month or two later I was at Goodwill with my mom and about freaked when I found another copy.

➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵

My second Copy:

Cover And Spine:

Art Style:

Copyright Date And Edition:

First Midland Book Edition 1984

Original Price:

$8.95

Price I Paid:

$1.99

Page Count:

479

Time Taken To Read It:

Two and a half to three and a half days as I had to backtrack a little bit.

➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵

My Thoughts

This is honestly one of my absolute favorite books. I've been meaning to read it again but first I have to finish ”Five Feet Apart”. Since it has been quite a while since I've read it I haven't supplied a summary of my own. Sorry about that. I love moths and caterpillars and for a long time now I've been wanting to start collecting moths and displaying them. Who knows maybe I will start one day. I also have the VHS movie based on this book that I also thrifted but fair warning it sucks.

➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵

➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵➵

My First Thrifted Book Review.