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How is this book unique? Formatted for E-Readers, Unabridged & Original version. You will find it much more comfortable to read on your device/app. Easy on your eyes.Includes: 15 Colored Illustrations and BiographyElsie Dinsmore is a children's book series written by Martha Finley (1828–1909) between 1867 and 1905. An adapted version has been published, but it leaves out several of the most important facts and details.nitially, Elsie does not live with her parents but with her paternal grandfather, his second wife (Elsie's step-grandmother), and their six children: Adelaide, Lora, Louise, Arthur, Walter, and Enna. Elsie's mother died soon after giving birth to her, leaving her in the care of her grandfather. Before her father comes back she becomes good friends with Rose Allison, with whom she studies the Bible. Her father was in Europe until she was almost eight years old as the first book begins.The first Elsie books deal with a constant moral conflict between Christian principles and familial loyalty. Elsie's father is a strict disciplinarian who dictates inflexible rules by which his daughter must live. Any infraction is severely and often unjustly punished. In her father's absence Elsie has become a Christian and abides by what she has been taught is Biblical law, especially the Ten Commandments (also known as the Decalogue). Her father regards this as ludicrous and in some cases as insolence. Elsie feels she must obey the Word of God before that of her father and can only obey her father when his orders do not conflict with Scripture. For example, Elsie's father attempts to force her to perform such "sinful" acts as playing secular music or reading fiction -- "a book which was only fit for week-day reading, because it had nothing at all in it about God" -- on Sunday, finally resulting in her having a complete nervous breakdown. The entire plot of the second book, Elsie's Holidays at Roselands, revolves around his refusing to speak to her -- or allow anyone else to -- for several months, because she is more obedient to God than to her father. Her father later becomes a Christian, marries Rose Allison, and has two more children, Horace, Jr. and Rose, also called Rosie. Three years pass, and Edward Travilla, who is some years older and has had his eyes on Elsie for a long time, proposes to Elsie, and the next year they enjoy a quiet wedding. While vacationing in Europe, the Civil War begins, and they remain there until it ends. After their return from Europe, Elsie's life falls into quiet patterns until the death of her husband, and her children grow up and marry (all except Herbert and Walter). By the dates given in Elsie's Womanhood and Elsie's Widowhood, Elsie's birth date can be traced to about 1837. Elsie also has some more distant relatives, who are recurring characters in the series, including the Keiths, the Lilburns, and the Landreths.

How is this book unique? Illustrations includedOriginal & Unabridged EditionOne of the best books to readClassic historical fiction booksExtremely well formattedElsie Dinsmore is a children's book series written by Martha Finley (1828–1909) between 1867 and 1905. An adapted version has been published, but it leaves out several of the most important facts and details.nitially, Elsie does not live with her parents but with her paternal grandfather, his second wife (Elsie's step-grandmother), and their six children: Adelaide, Lora, Louise, Arthur, Walter, and Enna. Elsie's mother died soon after giving birth to her, leaving her in the care of her grandfather. Before her father comes back she becomes good friends with Rose Allison, with whom she studies the Bible. Her father was in Europe until she was almost eight years old as the first book begins.

The words of Jesus, Suffer the little children to come unto me ... for of such is the kingdom of God ought to be a living reality in young children. This nineteenth century story demonstrates just such a reality through the life of a little girl who loves the Savior and tries to obey his commands through persecution, temptation, and disappointment. Set in the coastal South of the 1840s, this recorded Christian classic provides clear testimony to the Grace of God in the life of a child. By Martha Finley. Narrated by Bill Potter. Unabridged.

Elsie is an eight-year-old girl who has became a Christian and abides by Biblical law - as taught to her by her dead mother's housekeeper and then her own nanny, Chloe. Her father, Horace is a who dictates rules by which his daughter must live. Many conflicts result from Elsie's belief that she must only obey her father when his orders do not conflict with Scripture

How is this book unique?Font adjustments & biography includedUnabridged (100% Original content)Formatted for e-readerIllustratedAbout Elsie Dinsmore by Martha FinleyElsie Dinsmore is a children's book series written by Martha Finley (1828–1909) between 1867 and 1905. An adapted version has been published, but it leaves out several of the most important facts and details.nitially, Elsie does not live with her parents but with her paternal grandfather, his second wife (Elsie's step-grandmother), and their six children: Adelaide, Lora, Louise, Arthur, Walter, and Enna. Elsie's mother died soon after giving birth to her, leaving her in the care of her grandfather. Before her father comes back she becomes good friends with Rose Allison, with whom she studies the Bible. Her father was in Europe until she was almost eight years old as the first book begins.

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