The Greatest Works of Gene Stratton-Porter
Enriched edition. Freckles, A Girl of the Limberlost, At the Foot of the Rainbow, The Harvester, The White Flag…By Gene Stratton-Porter
Length121h 53m
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In "The Greatest Works of Gene Stratton-Porter," the author cements her reputation as a pioneer of nature writing and women's literature in the early 20th century. This anthology captures the essence of Stratton-Porter's distinctive literary style, characterized by vivid depictions of the natural world interwoven with rich character studies and moral themes. The collection features beloved novels like "A Girl of the Limberlost" and "Freckles," showcasing her ability to blend romance with ecological consciousness, set against the backdrop of the Indiana wilderness'—a reflection of her deep-seated reverence for nature and rural life. Stratton-Porter's narrative voice resonates with a blend of optimism and realism, drawing readers into a world where human experiences are intricately linked to the environment. Gene Stratton-Porter drew much of her inspiration from her upbringing in the natural landscapes of Indiana, where she fostered a lifelong passion for conservation and storytelling. As a writer, photographer, and naturalist, she became an advocate for the preservation of natural beauty and wildlife, closely aligning her literary endeavors with her personal convictions. Her work not only captures the stories of everyday people but also serves as an ecological call to action, reflecting the societal concerns of her time regarding land use and environmental preservation. This anthology is highly recommended for readers interested in early 20th-century literature, women's writing, and the intersection of nature and narrative. Stratton-Porter's works resonate with contemporary themes of environmentalism, making them relevant today. Delve into this rich collection to uncover the profound insights and timeless beauty of the natural world through the eyes of one of America's foremost literary figures.
In this enriched edition, we have carefully created added value for your reading experience:
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
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GenreScience and Nature
Length121 hrs 53 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 17, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
113CHAPTER I THE WINGS OF MORNING
2Introduction
114CHAPTER II AN EMBRYO MIND READER
3Historical Context
115CHAPTER III PEREGRINATIONS
4Synopsis (Selection)
116CHAPTER IV A QUESTION OF CONTRACTS
5CHARACTERS
117CHAPTER V THE PRODIGAL DAUGHTER
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6CHAPTER I Wherein Great Risks Are Taken and the Limberlost Guard Is Hired
118CHAPTER VI KATE'S PRIVATE PUPIL
7CHAPTER II Wherein Freckles Proves His Mettle and Finds Friends
119CHAPTER VII HELPING NANCY ELLEN AND ROBERT TO ESTABLISH A HOME
8CHAPTER III Wherein a Feather Falls and a Soul Is Born
120CHAPTER VIII THE HISTORY OF A LEGHORN HAT
9CHAPTER IV Wherein Freckles Faces Trouble Bravely and Opens the Way for New Experiences
121CHAPTER IX A SUNBONNET GIRL
10CHAPTER V Wherein an Angel Materializes and a Man Worships
122CHAPTER X JOHN JARDINE'S COURTSHIP
11CHAPTER VI Wherein a Fight Occurs and Women Shoot Straight
123CHAPTER XI A BUSINESS PROPOSITION
12CHAPTER VII Wherein Freckles Wins Honor and Finds a Footprint on the Trail
124CHAPTER XII TWO LETTERS
13CHAPTER VIII Wherein Freckles Meets a Man of Affairs and Loses Nothing by the Encounter
125CHAPTER XIII THE BRIDE
14CHAPTER IX Wherein the Limberlost Falls upon Mrs. Duncan and Freckles Comes to the Rescue
126CHAPTER XIV STARTING MARRIED LIFE
15CHAPTER X Wherein Freckles Strives Mightily and the Swamp Angel Rewards Him
127CHAPTER XV A NEW IDEA
16CHAPTER XI Wherein the Butterflies Go on a Spree and Freckles Informs the Bird Woman
128CHAPTER XVI THE WORK OF THE SUN
17CHAPTER XII Wherein Black Jack Captures Freckles and the Angel Captures Jack
129CHAPTER XVII THE BANNER HAND
18CHAPTER XIII Wherein the Angel Releases Freckles, and the Curse of Black Jack Falls upon Her
130CHAPTER XVIII KATE TAKES THE BIT IN HER TEETH
19CHAPTER XIV Wherein Freckles Nurses a Heartache and Black Jack Drops Out
131CHAPTER XIX "AS A MAN SOWETH"
20CHAPTER XV Wherein Freckles and the Angel Try Taking a Picture, and Little Chicken Furnishes the Subject
132CHAPTER XX "FOR A GOOD GIRL"
21CHAPTER XVI Wherein the Angel Locates a Rare Tree and Dines with the Gang
133CHAPTER XXI LIFE'S BOOMERANG
22CHAPTER XVII Wherein Freckles Offers His Life for His Love and Gets a Broken Body
134CHAPTER XXII SOMEWHAT OF POLLY
23CHAPTER XVIII Wherein Freckles refuses Love Without Knowledge of Honorable Birth, and the Angel Goes in Quest of it
135CHAPTER XXIII KATE'S HEAVENLY TIME
24CHAPTER XIX Wherein Freckles Finds His Birthright and the Angel Loses Her Heart
136CHAPTER XXIV POLLY TRIES HER WINGS
25CHAPTER XX Wherein Freckles returns to the Limberlost, and Lord O'More Sails for Ireland Without Him
137CHAPTER XXV ONE MORE FOR KATE
26CHARACTERS
138CHAPTER XXVI THE WINGED VICTORY
27CHAPTER I WHEREIN ELNORA GOES TO HIGH SCHOOL AND LEARNS MANY LESSONS NOT FOUND IN HER BOOKS
139CHAPTER XXVII BLUE RIBBON CORN
28CHAPTER II WHEREIN WESLEY AND MARGARET GO SHOPPING, AND ELNORA'S WARDROBE IS REPLENISHED
140CHAPTER XXVIII THE ELEVENTH HOUR
29CHAPTER III WHEREIN ELNORA VISITS THE BIRD WOMAN, AND OPENS A BANK ACCOUNT
141A LITTLE STORY OF HER LIFE AND WORK
30CHAPTER IV WHEREIN THE SINTONS ARE DISAPPOINTED, AND MRS. COMSTOCK LEARNS THAT SHE CAN LAUGH
142Chapter I THE RAT-CATCHERS OF THE WABASH
31CHAPTER V WHEREIN ELNORA RECEIVES A WARNING, AND BILLY APPEARS ON THE SCENE
143Chapter II RUBEN O'KHAYAM AND THE MILK PAIL
32CHAPTER VI WHEREIN MRS. COMSTOCK INDULGES IN “FRILLS,” AND BILLY REAPPEARS
144Chapter III THE FIFTY COONS OF THE CANOPER
33CHAPTER VII WHEREIN MRS. COMSTOCK MANIPULATES MARGARET AND BILLY ACQUIRES A RESIDENCE
145Chapter IV WHEN THE KINGFISHER AND THE BLACK BASS CAME HOME
34CHAPTER VIII WHEREIN THE LIMBERLOST TEMPTS ELNORA, AND BILLY BURIES HIS FATHER
146Chapter V WHEN THE RAINBOW SET ITS ARCH IN THE SKY
35CHAPTER IX WHEREIN ELNORA DISCOVERS A VIOLIN, AND BILLY DISCIPLINES MARGARET
147Chapter VI THE HEART OF MARY MALONE
36CHAPTER X WHEREIN ELNORA HAS MORE FINANCIAL TROUBLES, AND MRS. COMSTOCK AGAIN HEARS THE SONG OF THE LIMBERLOST
148Chapter VII THE APPLE OF DISCORD BECOMES A JOINTED ROD
37CHAPTER XI WHEREIN ELNORA GRADUATES, AND FRECKLES AND THE ANGEL SEND GIFTS
149Chapter VIII WHEN THE BLACK BASS STRUCK
38CHAPTER XII WHEREIN MARGARET SINTON REVEALS A SECRET, AND MRS. COMSTOCK POSSESSES THE LIMBERLOST
150Chapter IX WHEN JIMMY MALONE CAME TO CONFESSION
39CHAPTER XIII WHEREIN MOTHER LOVE IS BESTOWED ON ELNORA, AND SHE FINDS AN ASSISTANT IN MOTH HUNTING
151Chapter X DANNIE'S RENUNCIATION
40CHAPTER XIV WHEREIN A NEW POSITION IS TENDERED ELNORA, AND PHILIP AMMON IS SHOWN LIMBERLOST VIOLETS
152Chapter XI THE POT OF GOLD
41CHAPTER XV WHEREIN MRS. COMSTOCK FACES THE ALMIGHTY, AND PHILIP AMMON WRITES A LETTER
153LIST OF CHARACTERS
42CHAPTER XVI WHEREIN THE LIMBERLOST SINGS FOR PHILIP, AND THE TALKING TREES TELL GREAT SECRETS
154CHAPTER I. “What Kind of Shoes Are the Shoes You Wear?”
43CHAPTER XVII WHEREIN MRS. COMSTOCK DANCES IN THE MOONLIGHT, AND ELNORA MAKES A CONFESSION
155CHAPTER II. Cotyledon of Multiflores Canyon
44CHAPTER XVIII WHEREIN MRS. COMSTOCK EXPERIMENTS WITH REJUVENATION, AND ELNORA TEACHES NATURAL HISTORY
156CHAPTER III. The House of Dreams
45CHAPTER XIX WHEREIN PHILIP AMMON GIVES A BALL IN HONOUR OF EDITH CARR, AND HART HENDERSON APPEARS ON THE SCENE
157CHAPTER IV. Linda Starts a Revolution
46CHAPTER XX WHEREIN THE ELDER AMMON OFFERS ADVICE, AND EDITH CARR EXPERIENCES REGRETS
158CHAPTER V. The Smoke of Battle
47CHAPTER XXI WHEREIN PHILIP AMMON RETURNS TO THE LIMBERLOST, AND ELNORA STUDIES THE SITUATION
159CHAPTER VI. Jane Meredith
48CHAPTER XXII WHEREIN PHILIP AMMON KNEELS TO ELNORA, AND STRANGERS COME TO THE LIMBERLOST
160CHAPTER VII. Trying Yucca
49CHAPTER XXIII WHEREIN ELNORA REACHES A DECISION, AND FRECKLES AND THE ANGEL APPEAR
161CHAPTER VIII. The Bear Cat
50CHAPTER XXIV WHEREIN EDITH CARR WAGES A BATTLE, AND HART HENDERSON STANDS GUARD
162CHAPTER IX. One Hundred Per Cent Plus
51CHAPTER XXV WHEREIN PHILIP FINDS ELNORA, AND EDITH CARR OFFERS A YELLOW EMPEROR
163CHAPTER X. Katy to the Rescue
52CHARACTERS
164CHAPTER XI. Assisting Providence
53CHAPTER I Little Sister
165CHAPTER XII. The Lay of the Land
54CHAPTER II Our Angel Boy
166CHAPTER XIII. Leavening the Bread of Life
55CHAPTER III Mr. Pryor's Door
167CHAPTER XIV. Saturday's Child
56CHAPTER IV The Last Day in Eden
168CHAPTER XV. Linda's Hearthstone
57CHAPTER V The First Day of School
169CHAPTER XVI. Producing the Evidence
58CHAPTER VI The Wedding Gown
170CHAPTER XVII. A Rock and a Flame
59CHAPTER VII When Sally Married Peter
171CHAPTER XVIII. Spanish Iris
60CHAPTER VIII The Shropshire and the Crusader
172CHAPTER XIX. The Official Bug-Catcher
61CHAPTER IX "Even So"
173CHAPTER XX. The Cap Sheaf
62CHAPTER X Laddie Takes the Plunge
174CHAPTER XXI. Shifting the Responsibility
63CHAPTER XI Keeping Christmas Our Way
175CHAPTER XXII. The End of Marian's Contest
64CHAPTER XII The Horn of the Hunter
176CHAPTER XXIII. The Day of Jubilee
65CHAPTER XIII The Garden of the Lord
177CHAPTER XXIV. Linda's First Party
66CHAPTER XIV The Crest of Eastbrooke
178CHAPTER XXV. Buena Moza
67CHAPTER XV Laddie, the Princess, and the Pie
179CHAPTER XXVI. A Mouse Nest
68CHAPTER XVI The Homing Pigeon
180CHAPTER XXVII. The Straight and Narrow
69CHAPTER XVII In Faith Believing
181CHAPTER XXVIII. Putting It Up to Peter
70CHAPTER XVIII The Pryor Mystery
182CHAPTER XXIX. Katy Unburdens Her Mind
71CHARACTERS
183CHAPTER XXX. Peter's Release
72CHAPTER I. BELSHAZZAR'S DECISION
184CHAPTER XXXI. The End of Donald's Contest
73CHAPTER II. THE EFFECT OF A DREAM
185CHAPTER XXXII. How the Wasp Built Her Nest
74CHAPTER III. HARVESTING THE FOREST
186CHAPTER XXXIII. The Lady of the Iris
75CHAPTER IV. A COMMISSION FOR THE SOUTH WIND
187LIST OF CHARACTERS
76CHAPTER V. WHEN THE HARVESTER MADE GOOD
188CHAPTER I “He That Was Cold and Hungry”
77CHAPTER VI. TO LABOUR AND TO WAIT
189CHAPTER II “The Gifts of Light and Song”
78CHAPTER VII. THE QUEST OF THE DREAM GIRL
190CHAPTER III “An Inquisition According to Mahlon”
79CHAPTER VIII. BELSHAZZAR'S RECORD POINT
191CHAPTER IV “Strength from Weakness”
80CHAPTER IX. THE HARVESTER GOES COURTING
192CHAPTER V “The Verdict Goes Against Jezebel”
81CHAPTER X. THE CHIME OF THE BLUE BELLS
193CHAPTER VI “The Golden Egg”
82CHAPTER XI. DEMONSTRATED COURTSHIP
194CHAPTER VII “Field Mice Among the Wheat”
83CHAPTER XII. “THE WAY OF A MAN WITH A MAID”
195CHAPTER VIII “A Secret Among the Stars”
84CHAPTER XIII. WHEN THE DREAM CAME TRUE
196CHAPTER IX “Sometimes Your Soul Shows”
85CHAPTER XIV. SNOWY WINGS
197CHAPTER X “A Trick of the Subconscious”
86CHAPTER XV. THE HARVESTER INTERPRETS LIFE
198CHAPTER XI “The Driver of the Chariot”
87CHAPTER XVI. GRANNY MORELAND'S VISIT
199CHAPTER XII “Those Who Serve”
88CHAPTER XVII. LOVE INVADES SCIENCE
200CHAPTER XIII “Only Three Words”
89CHAPTER XVIII. THE BETTER MAN
201CHAPTER XIV “The Cloud That Grew”
90CHAPTER XIX. A VERTICAL SPINE
202CHAPTER XV “The Last Straw”
91CHAPTER XX. THE MAN IN THE BACKGROUND
203CHAPTER XVI “The Eyes of Elizabeth”
92CHAPTER XXI. THE COMING OF THE BLUEBIRD
204CHAPTER XVII “A Millstone and the Human Heart”
93CHAPTER I Happy Home in Sunrise Alley
205CHAPTER XVIII “A Triumph in Millinery”
94CHAPTER II Moccasins and Lady Slippers
206CHAPTER XIX “Rebecca Pronounces Judgment”
95CHAPTER III S.O.S.
207CHAPTER XX “The Decision Marcia Reached”
96CHAPTER IV "Bearer of Morning"
208CHAPTER XXI “Whatsoever a Man Sows”
97CHAPTER V Little Brother
209CHAPTER XXII “Behind the Lilac Wall”
98CHAPTER VI The Song of a Bird
210CHAPTER XXIII “The Flag on Its Journey”
99CHAPTER VII Peaches' Preference in Blessings
211The Song of the Cardinal
100CHAPTER VIII Big Brother
212Chapter 1 "Good cheer! Good cheer!" exulted the Cardinal
101CHAPTER IX James Jr. and Malcolm
213Chapter 2 "Wet year! Wet year!" prophesied the Cardinal
102CHAPTER X The Wheel of Life
214Chapter 3 "Come here! Come here!" entreated the Cardinal
103CHAPTER XI The Advent of Nancy and Peter
215Chapter 4 "So dear! So dear!" crooned the Cardinal
104CHAPTER XII Feminine Reasoning
216Chapter 5 "See here! See here!" demanded the Cardinal
105CHAPTER XIII A Safe Proposition
217The Fire Bird
106CHAPTER XIV An Orphans' Home
218PART I THE LOVE DANCE OF YIADA
107CHAPTER XV A Particular Nix
219PART II COÜY-OÜY AND MOUNTAIN LION
108CHAPTER XVI The Fingers in the Pie
220PART III YIADA'S FLIGHT TO THE MANDANAS
109CHAPTER XVII Initiations in an Ancient and Honourable Brotherhood
221Analysis
110CHAPTER XVIII Malcolm and the Hermit Thrush
222Reflection
111CHAPTER XIX Establishing Protectorates
223Memorable Quotes
112CHAPTER XX Mickey's Miracle
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