Elsie Dinsmore, Vol. 1 by Martha Finley
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- Age Range: Young Adult
- Pub. Date: March 2000
- 320pp
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: March 2000
- Publisher: Cumberland House Publishing
- Format: Paperback, 320pp
- Age Range: Young Adult
- Series: Elsie Bks.
- ISBN-13: 9781581820645
- ISBN: 158182064X
Synopsis
Martha Finley was a 19th century American author of children's stories. Her characters were good children rewarded for their high moral character. She wrote Elsie Dinsmore in 1867. Elsie was a virtuous Christian girl who resisted small temptations. This book was enormously popular. Finley wrote 27 books about Elsie taking her through her adult life and ending with her as a grandmother. This series was popular in the United States and in Britain selling over 25,000,000 books.
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Living with her uncle's family on a southern plantation in the mid-nineteenth century, motherless eight-year-old Elsie finds it difficult to establish a relationship with her worldly father who seems indifferent to her religious principles.
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This novel follows Elsie Dinsmore through a very difficult period in her life. Eight years old and living with her extended family on a southern plantation, she suffers from loneliness, abuse and wont of affection. Elsie relies on her absolute and unwavering Christian faith to survive these trials. Upon her father's return, Elsie imagines finding the parental love she has lacked since her mother's death. However, Mr. Dinsmore demands complete submission to his will and Elsie struggles with her fear of him and her inability to please him. Over time, as Elsie molds herself into her father's notion of perfection, they are finally able to show each other love and affection. While Elsie's travails are pitiable, the character is much too meek and yielding to be admired. Her overly wrought responses make her unrealistic and unsympathetic. Mr. Dinsmore's tyranny and abuse are also quite off-putting. The novel's emphasis on faith and piety make it seem more fitting, perhaps, as a tract for religious edification rather than popular entertainment. This book is a reprint of Book One in "The Original Elsie Classics" published in the mid-nineteenth century. 2000, Cumberland House, Ages 10 up, $5.95. Reviewer: Michele Gable
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I agree with Rocky!!by Anonymous
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September 14, 2006: Elsie Dinsmore is the best!! not only are the stories really interesting,but the good character taught in them is somthing not found in books today.Elsie is a GREAT role model!
We love Elsie Dinsmoreby Anonymous
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September 21, 2005: My daugter and I read the Elsie Dinsmore books and we couldn?t put them down. There are so many girls out here in this day and age that need a role model like her. My daugter is only 7 years old and she has really fell in love with Elsie. She hurts when Elsie hurts and she loves when Elsie loves and also forgives as Elsie forgives. Even though this is fiction it seems sooooo true and real. Martha Finley 'You go girl.'
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