A Girl of the Limberlost
by Gene Stratton-Porterliterary work
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Wherein Elnora goes to high school and learns many lessons not found in her books
Adaptations (2)
A Girl of the Limberlost has been adapted into 2 films, from 1934 to 1945. The most recent is The Girl of the Limberlost (1945).
A Girl of the Limberlost1934 · film · 76 min · dir. Christy Cabanne · IMDb ↗IMDb6.2Elnora Comstock is the badly abused daughter of Katherine Comstock, who blames her because her father was drowned while on the way home the night she was born. She finds her comfort with Margaret and Westley Sinton, a childless neighboring couple, who help her with her school costs, as does the wealthy Mrs. Parker, who takes an interest in the talented young girl. She meets and falls in love with Phillip Ammon, the nephew of Dr. Ammon, but learns that he is already engaged. The money that Elnora has saved for her college education is stolen, and when Mrs. Comstock goes to retrieve it from a suspect, she also learns of the duplicity of her husband, who had been courting a neighboring woman on the night he drowned. She begs forgiveness of Elnora, and the romance of Elnora and Phillip also begins to flourish.
The Girl of the Limberlost1945 · film · 60 min · dir. Mel Ferrer · IMDb ↗IMDb5.6Elnora Comstock lives on the edge of a great swamp and collects butterflies to sell in order to go to high school and pay for violin lessons. Her mother, Kate Comstock, hates her as she blames the girl for the father's death as he drowned in a quagmire on the way home the night the girl was born. The years-late revelation that the husband had been off courting a neighbor woman that night brings an attitude adjustment to the mother.
