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A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter follows Elnora Comstock, a determined young woman living in poverty with her widowed mother on the edge of Indiana's Limberlost swamp. Despite her mother's lack of support for her education, Elnora excels in school and finances her studies by selling artifacts from the swamp. The novel explores themes of resilience, environmental conservation, and the power of education and is a sequel to Freckles.