The title character also appears briefly in Porter's A Girl of the Limberlost. The novel is marked by its frequent, detailed, and loving descriptions of the flora and fauna of the wilderness through the eyes of its innocent protagonist.
Du vill att priset för denna ring skall vara de fasor som isat ditt hjärta — din kropps svett och blod. Freckles ögon simmade i tårar och hans ansikte skälvde av rörelse. ... Sedan studerade han diamanterna en lång stund.
Freckles, a nameless Irish waif when the story opens, moved by the power of a mighty love, takes hold of his life, performs deeds of heroism in his guardianship of the Limberlost timber leases, and at length, through the help of the woman ...
One of the most well-known authors of her time, Gene Stratton-Porter was a nature activist whose novels reflected her love of the Indiana wetlands she called home. “There’s a love story, villains, adventure, close brushes with death, ...
cried the Angel with inborn refinement, for she could no more answer that question than he could ask. “Wait, I will write it!” She hurried to the table, caught up the nurse's pencil, and on the back of a prescription tablet scrawled it: ...
After he is separated from his siblings, Freckles the puppy joins some "Big Wild Dogs" in the forest but decides that he does not approve of how they treat the other animals.
With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Gene Stratton-Porter’s Freckles is a classic work of American literature reimagined for modern readers. Freckles knows what it’s like to struggle.
Orphaned and maimed, Freckles' bitterness about his fate is lessened when he is hired to guard a stretch of lumber in the wild Limberlost, and, after meeting the beautiful "Swamp Angel," he determines to find out about his past.
The story in Freckles is marked by loving descriptions of the flora and fauna of the wilderness and the innocence, determined courage and honesty of its hero.
When orphaned Freckles gets a job watching Mr. McLean's valuable Limberlost timber, he thinks that he has at last found a home.
Praise for Freckles 'Fans will adore this heart-warming story about loneliness and connection' Daily Mail 'Funny, thought-provoking and original' Mirror 'A warm and bittersweet tale about finding yourself through family and friendship' ...
When orphaned Freckles gets a job watching Mr. McLean's valuable Limberlost timber, he thinks that he has at last found a home.