Sponsored Post: A Girl of the Limberlost, Part 3

[evelyn_b]

One last post!

The death of the swamp in A Girl of the Limberlost is emotionally unobtrusive, part of the background albeit always part of the background, and no one laments it or tries to stop it from happening - it’s just a fact of the setting. Elnora looks up from her busy schedule one day and realizes it's almost gone. She needs money for

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[todayiamadaisy]

I liked Edith too. When I read it, I noted that she particularly amused me in the last chapter, so I went back and read the Wikipedia summary to work out why. And what it was, I think, was that she turns up with the moth as a gift? The one that moth experts Elnora and Philip have been trying to catch, unsuccessfully, for some time. She just goes out and catches it like it's no big deal, first try. What a talent the moth-catching world is missing out on.

[evelyn_b]

Ha, it's true! Once she makes up her mind to catch a moth, it just happens. I feel like Edith is pretty competent in general and will do just fine wherever she goes.

[liadtbunny]

I'm with Edith, sorry Philip and dad! I hope she ended up with someone better than Philip.

[evelyn_b]

Edith gets a lot of flak from the narration and from her friends, but the result is that she's a more sympathetic character than Philip. It's either stated or strongly implied that she ends up with the best friend who's been frankly and openly pining for her for years. I hope they have a great time together and Edith enjoys doing whatever she enjoys, whether it's wearing clothes at parties or appreciating nature or driving around in big netted auto-hats.

[liadtbunny]

Yay! I strongly support the hat wearing option;)