Project Gutenberg 2005-01-03 Public domain in the USA. 176 Finley, Martha 1828 1909 Farquharson, Martha Cousin Martha Elsie's Motherhood E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Mary Meehan, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Elsie's Motherhood" by Martha Finley is a novel written during the late 19th century. This book serves as a sequel to "Elsie's Womanhood" and continues the story of Elsie Dinsmore Travilla as she navigates the challenges of motherhood and family life during the post-Civil War period in the South. While exploring the themes of love, family values, and moral responsibility, the narrative introduces readers to Elsie's relationships with her husband, children, and extended family, including their interactions with societal issues of the time. At the start of the narrative, we find a joyful family scene at the Travilla home as Elsie and her children prepare to celebrate the anniversary of her marriage. The opening chapters depict warm interactions among the family members, reflecting their strong bonds and the loving atmosphere cultivated by Elsie's guidance. The children exhibit a blend of innocence and curiosity, engaging in playful banter while also displaying respect and piety during their meals. As the celebration unfolds, there are hints of underlying tensions due to societal changes and familial expectations, setting the stage for deeper explorations of parenting, relationships, and the struggles faced by individuals in a shifting cultural landscape. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 78.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Christian life -- Juvenile fiction Domestic fiction Religious fiction Dinsmore, Elsie (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Children's Book Series Category: Novels Category: American Literature Category: Parenthood & Family Relations 530947 2025-07-06T10:16:11.186941 text/html 530951 530780 2024-11-06T13:32:51.755713 2023-09-07T04:08:06.452670 text/html text/html 261907 2025-07-06T10:16:18.951877 application/epub+zip 269885 2025-07-06T10:16:13.017925 application/epub+zip 269885 2025-07-06T10:16:11.888941 application/epub+zip 494102 2025-07-06T10:16:23.537873 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 454530 2025-07-06T10:16:18.188903 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 429631 2022-09-07T17:09:39.367364 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 468100 2025-07-06T10:16:10.734956 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 448293 2024-10-28T21:36:53 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18965 2025-07-06T10:16:23.757883 application/rdf+xml 13132 2025-07-06T10:16:12.370912 image/jpeg 3564 2025-07-06T10:16:12.128939 image/jpeg 257241 2025-07-06T10:16:11.224952 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia