Reproduction of the original: Elsie At Home by Martha Finley
Elsie at Home: Original Edition
Martha Finley (April 26, 1828 - January 30, 1909)was a teacher and author of numerous works, the most well known being the 28 volume Elsie Dinsmore series which was published over a span of 38 years.
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.
The Two Elsies
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This is a book about what home means to us—and that there are many different correct answers.
This is an “amusing and heartbreaking” (Publishers Weekly) story about forever friends on the twisting path of life who come to understand how the fine threads of humanity connect us all.
In this fourth volume in The Original Elsie Dinsmore Series, readers celebrate with Elsie as she prepares to marry her beloved and move to her mother's childhood home in the Deep South.
While the rest of the family winters at Viamede, Edward and Zoe tend to affairs at Ion and endure an unwelcome guest.
Adapted from the influential nineteenth century novels by Miss Martha Finley, this eighth book in the series offers modern readers a wealth of hope and wisdom that is as meaningful today as it was over a hundred years ago.