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The Elsie Dinsmore Novels, Martha Finley, in our opinion is the author of the best Series of novels that we have seen in our forty-three years of reviewing. Written by Martha Finley, an unmarried teacher of the last century, these novels proved to be a means of conveying her deep love for Christ Jesus. She loved her Lord, she loved His Word, and this love was passed on to His sheep through the writing of by far the best and most Biblical novels you will ever read or see. Altogether there are show more 28 of these novels, all built around Elsie Dinsmore, her immediate family, her extended family, and her neighbors. show lessTags
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An idolatrous history of America wrapped in a sunday school lesson, thinly wrapped in the semblance of a story
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132 Works 6,689 Members
Martha Finley was born in 1828 in Chillicothe, Ohio. She lived in Circleville, Ohio South Bend, Indiana and finally Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. She began her writing career by writing short stories for Sunday School papers. Her most popular works are the Elsie Dinsmore series which consisted of 28 titles. In addition, she wrote the Mildred Keith show more series which consisted of 7 titles. She also wrote over 50 short books and pamphlets and numerous short stories and articles. Finley died in 1909. show less
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Elsie's Journey on Inland Waters
- Original title
- Elsie's Journey on Inland Waters
- Original publication date
- 1895
- Important events
- Chicago World's Fair (1893)
- First words
- After her return from the trip across the lake with the bridal party, the Dolphin lay at anchor near the White City for a week or more; there were so many interesting and beautiful exhibits at the Fair still unseen by them th... (show all)at Captain Raymond and his family and guests scarce knew how to tear themselves away.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)It might be truly said of her, as of the virtuous woman described in the last chapter of Proverbs: "She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness."
Classifications
- Genres
- Kids, Fiction and Literature, Tween
- DDC/MDS
- 813.3 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English Middle 19th Century 1830-1861
- LCC
- PZ7 .F496 .E — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 13
- UPCs
- 1
- ASINs
- 4
