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A review by theresapizza
A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter
3.0
It's an interesting lòk at how the concept of "a naturalist" has evolved. Many folk from the 19th and 20th Centuries that were naturalists had some rather unnatural ideas.
The Limberlost swamp and it's moths are beautifully described but usually their fate is a pin in a mounting board. The use of finite natural resources is described in terms of profit and it is that attitude that lead to the swamp being drained no doubt.
This book won a lot of awards for "wholesomeness," and it is easy to understand why. Everyone talks paragraphs about stuff before they do it.
All the back and forth over this decision and that decision gets tedious as does the implicit way the standards of the time (patriarchal, sexist, racist, classist) keep getting morally reinforced.
I was hoping for a lot more nature and a lot less romance. The Limberlost sounds like a beautiful place that has been restored back to a wetlands thank goodness.
Towards the end I skimmed through the preachy dialogs.
The Limberlost swamp and it's moths are beautifully described but usually their fate is a pin in a mounting board. The use of finite natural resources is described in terms of profit and it is that attitude that lead to the swamp being drained no doubt.
This book won a lot of awards for "wholesomeness," and it is easy to understand why. Everyone talks paragraphs about stuff before they do it.
All the back and forth over this decision and that decision gets tedious as does the implicit way the standards of the time (patriarchal, sexist, racist, classist) keep getting morally reinforced.
I was hoping for a lot more nature and a lot less romance. The Limberlost sounds like a beautiful place that has been restored back to a wetlands thank goodness.
Towards the end I skimmed through the preachy dialogs.