Lorna J. MacDonald
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Elsie Dinsmore
- Book One in the Original Elsie Classics
- De: Martha Finley
- Narrado por: Anna Fields
- Duración: 7 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 220
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 178
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 179
Elsie Dinsmore is an endearing 8-year-old girl with several bewildering problems. She has never known her mother, who died when Elsie was a baby, and she longs for a close, loving relationship with her father. He, however, has sent her off to be raised at Roselands, his brother's Southern plantation, where her teacher, Miss Day, harshly criticizes her and her cousins tease her relentlessly.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Most Excellent Book!
- De Jef en 08-23-04
- Elsie Dinsmore
- Book One in the Original Elsie Classics
- De: Martha Finley
- Narrado por: Anna Fields
This is simply a tale of child abuse.
Revisado: 06-27-22
If I could give this negative 10 review I would! This is simply a tale of child abuse.
I chose this book because I thought it might be something similar to The Secret Garden or The Little Princess. Boy was I wrong! From the very start of the book until I could no longer stand it this poor girl was psychologically and emotionally abused by all those around her. Like Patient Griselda she is constantly abused but her reactions are couched in the view that this makes her a good or better Christian, What an example for young minds!
I wouldn’t let any child within a mile of this book.
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A Girl of the Limberlost
- De: Gene Stratton-Porter
- Narrado por: Anne Makoto
- Duración: 12 h y 7 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 18
A Girl of the Limberlost, a novel by the writer and naturalist Gene Stratton-Porter, was published in 1909 as the sequel to her earlier novel Freckles. The tale unfolds in and around the Limberlost Swamp of north-eastern Indiana and in the nearby town of Onabasha. The main character, Elnora Comstock, lives with her widowed mother, Katharine Comstock, on the edge of the wetlands. The embittered Katharine blames her daughter for the death of her husband, who was swallowed by quicksand.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Returning to a childhood favorite
- De Rosemary M. en 10-08-20
- A Girl of the Limberlost
- De: Gene Stratton-Porter
- Narrado por: Anne Makoto
Brought back my girlhood.
Revisado: 11-03-19
I grew up reading Gene Stratton-Porter. The stories are still engaging although they reflect cultural norms of the time.
I don’t think Gene Stratton-Porter has ever been to Mackinac Island. Her description of the Island is very vague. In addition, cars (or motors) were banned as of 1898.
The narrator was fairly competent though some rather obvious mispronunciations such as the way she pronounced cameo accenting the wrong syllable making it sound like Camaro. And the worst sin of all she mispronounced MACKINAC! Being from Michigan this was almost unforgivable. For future reference Mackinac is pronounced the same as Mackinaw. And let’s not forget the awful pronunciation of Petoskey- the “o” is a short “o”. Some of her voice characterizations were spot on others were weak.
A general comment: Don’t readers take the time to learn how to pronounce words they aren’t familiar with?
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