Elsie's Children, Book 6 (The Original Elsie Classics, Book 6) - Softcover

Finley, Martha

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1581820690 ISBN 13: 9781581820690

Publisher: Cumberland House, 2000

Synopsis

This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.

About this title

From the Publisher

Hibbard Publications is dedicated to bringing Martha Finley's 28 books in Dodd Mead's originally published series of The Elsie Books to a new generation of young readers! Here they are, complete and unabridged. They will speak to the hearts of girls and young women as much today as they did when first published in the late 1800's. With no updating for today's reader, these classic originals give an honest view of the writing style and subjects of the nineteenth century American mind.

Martha Finley penned the adventures of Elsie Dinsmore, over more than 38 years, often using members of her own family for characterization. Truth, faith, religion, morality, and humanity are the underlying virtues woven throughout the storytelling of this extraordinary series of fiction for children.

As Miss Finley's stories evolve, Elsie Dinsmore is faced with a myriad of trials and tribulations. Elsie's devout faith and clear knowledge of Scipture enable her to persevere through each troublesome circumstance. As Elsie matures into a godly woman, so her unique family grows, adding to the lovable - and sometimes not so likeable - cast of Miss Finley's interesting characters.

In 1868, the New York firm of Dodd Mead released the first "Elsie" book, Elsie Dinsmore, becoming an instant bestseller. The successful series, The Elsie Books, was launched, making Finley one of the most renowned children's writers of her time, with book sales second only to Louisa May Alcott. By 1945, 5 million copies of volumes 1-12, alone, had been sold.

Hibbard Publications is honored to bring back this series of timeless classics, full of the family values and personal faith that are jeopardized in today's society. We hope The Elsie Books will inspire today's reader, as they have for generations, to find richer relationships with the members of their family and with the Lord.

From the Author

With this volume, bringing the story of Elsie and her children down to the present time, the series closes.

It was not by request of the author's personal friends, that either this or any one of the previous volumes was written, but in acquiescence to the demands of the public - friends and admirers of Elsie herself. We know that as child, young girl, as wife and mother, she has had many friends who have been loath to part with her. May they find neither Elsie nor her children less lovable in this, than in the earlier volumes, and may their society prove sweet, comforting and helpful to many readers and freinds both old and new.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cumberland House
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1581820690
• ISBN 13: 9781581820690
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320