Eight-year-old Elsie lives at Roselands, her grandfather’s plantation, neglected by his family and waiting for the return of the father she has never known. When Horace Dinsmore comes home from Europe he proves cold and exacting, and Elsie’s longing for his love collides with her unbending piety. The book’s picture of contented slaves reflects pre-war Southern myth.
The first of one of the best-selling girls’ series of the nineteenth century, a revealing period document. Download the free EPUB.