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539:. Josephine Bettany, the main character, an avid reader, lies injured in bed after a skating accident. When Jo complains that she has read everything she has, Dr. Jem offers her the Elsie books. Jo accepts them doubtfully, proclaiming that they were about an 'awfully good little girl' and there were 'dozens' of them, but is soon digging eagerly into Elsie's saga. (The books featured include
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625:(1946). When Betsy's friend Tib buys them Sunday-evening theater tickets, Betsy remembers how Elsie Dinsmore would have handled what she considered a somewhat shocking proposal, then dismisses it--" had never thought much of Elsie Dinsmore."
407:(no surname given), sometimes "Aunt Chloe" or "Mammy" - Elsie's nurse since infancy. Describes herself as "only a poor old black sinner, but de good Lord Jesus, He loves me jes de same as if I was white". She is married to Uncle Joe.
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670:'s "The Sneaker Crisis", one of her essays about her home and family life, her daughter Jannie tries to help solve the mystery of her brother's missing sneakers. She cites an incident in
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572:Clark Gable
435:Mary Leslie
393:Max Raymond
239:The Laurels
226:New Orleans
1266:Categories
1201:18. p. 21.
1055:References
689:role model
279:Characters
39:, Chicago.
589:Myrna Loy
584:Man-Proof
266:Sunnyside
256:The Crags
245:The Pines
222:Louisiana
186:Roselands
133:Civil War
82:Reception
1240:LibriVox
1215:Archived
619:'s book
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478:O. Henry
210:Woodburn
192:The Oaks
250:Ashwood
204:Viamede
70:Summary
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473:Parody
331:alias
99:A new
51:series
1071:p. 23
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