Talk:Elsie Dinsmore/@comment-108.48.64.2-20150826235738

Highly patriarchal and racist books. The descriptions of the father acting as a half-dictator, half-lover and rewarding his daughter with long, hard kisses whenever she does his bidding disgust me. Also the fact that Elsie, of the beautiful face and charm, can't find anyone better to marry than an old man 15+ years her senior. One that has had a pedophilic crush on her since she was 8!

I don't blame the author much since she was a product of her times when women/blacks had very few rights, but shocked that people are promoting these books nowadays as an example of how being a "good Christian" can lead to a successful life. I think we've seen plenty of that, what with the cheating, porn-addicted Duggars!

Side note: Elsie's fortune of about $1.5 million in 1850 would be worth ~$44 million today. Too bad the "good Christians" who indoctrinate their womenfolk to stay home and cook, clean and make/take care of babies can't all that rich!