Adapted Version
A new Elsie Dinsmore series of eight books was adapted and abridged from the old one and published by Zondervan/Mission City Press in 1999 and dubbed "Elsie Dinsmore:A Life of Faith". The language has been somewhat modernized and the African American characters no longer speak in stereotyped patois (e.g. "Da bressed chile" as opposed to "The blessed child"). While the plotlines still hinge on Elsie's attempts to gain her father's love while maintaining her Christian ethics and refusing to report bullying incidents (usually by Arthur or Miss Day, the governess), some of Horace's actions have been toned down and the infamous scene in which he drags her off to beat her with a riding crop no longer exists. There is a line of dolls and a Bible study curriculum based on the new series. The original books have been reprinted as "Original Elsie Classics" by many publishers.
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