Author | Gene Stratton-Porter |
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Illustrator | E. Stetson Crawford |
Language | English |
Genre | |
Publisher | Grosset & Dunlap |
Publication date | 1904 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (hardcover) |
Pages | 352 |
Freckles is a 1904 novel written by the American writer and naturalist Gene Stratton-Porter. It is primarily set in the Limberlost Swamp area of Indiana, with brief scenes set in Chicago. 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.