Martha Finley

**Martha Finley** (Chillicothe, Ameriketako Estatu Batuak, 1828ko apirilaren 26a – Elkton, Ameriketako Estatu Batuak, 1909ko urtarrilaren 30a) irakasle eta idazle estatubatuarra izan zen.

## Bizitza 
Chillicothen (Ohio) jaio zen 1828ko apirilaren 26an. Gurasoak James B. Finley apaiz presbiteriarra eta Mary Brown izan ziren. Finley eta Brown familiak eskoziar eta irlandar jatorrikoak ziren. Leinuaren izena Farquarharson zen, eta urte askotan Martha Finleyk izen hori erabili zuen izengoiti gisa.

1853ko neguan, Finleyk literatur karrera hasi zuen egunkariko istorio bat eta *Baptist Board of Publication*-ek argitaratutako liburu bat idatziz. Hasierako lan asko igandeko eskolako aldizkarientzako ipuin laburrak izan ziren. Jatorriz modu anonimoan idatzita, istorioen arrakastak argitaletxeek izena sartzeko eskatzera eraman zuten. Garai hartan Finleyren familiak bere izenarekin argitaratzeari aurka egin zion, beraz, ***Martha Farquharson*** aukeratu zuen izengoiti gisa.

1856 eta 1870 artean, hogei igandeko eskola-liburu baino gehiago idatzi zituen eta gazteentzako hainbat liburu sail. Helduentzat, hiru eleberri idatzi zituen: *Wanted—A Pedigree* (1879), *Signing the Contract* (1879) eta *Thorn in the Nest* (1886).

Elktonen bizi zen, Cecil konderrian, berak eraikitako etxe batean. 1909ko urtarrilaren 30an hil zen.

## Lanak 

* *Ella Clinton; or, By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them* (1856)
* *Aunt Ruth* (1857)
* *Marion Harvie* (1857)
* *Annandale: A story of the times of the Covenanters* (1858)
* *Lame Letty* (1859)
* *Try: Better Do It, Than Wish It Done* (1863)
* *Little Joe Carter, The Cripple* (1864)
* ''Mysie's Work* (1864)
* *Willie Elton, The Little Boy Who Loved Jesus* (1864)
* *Black Steve; or The Strange Warning* (1865)
* *Brookside Farm-House* (1865)
* *Hugo and Franz* (1865)
* *Robert and Daisy* (1865)
* *Allan's Fault* (1866)
* *Anna Hand, the Meddlesome Girl* (1868)
* *Casella* (1868)
* *Grandma Foster's Sunbeam* (1868)
* *Little Dick Positive* (1868)
* *The Little Helper* (1868)
* *Little Patience* (1868)
* *Loitering Linus* (1868)
* *Maude's Two Homes* (1868)
* *Millie, or The Little Girl Who Tried To Help Others and Do Them Good* (1868)
* *Stupid Sally, the Poor-House Girl* (1868)
* *Amy and Her Kitten* (1870)
* *Betty Page* (1870)
* *The Broken Basket* (1870)
* *Jamie by the Lake* (1870)
* *Rufus the Unready* (1870)
* *The White Dress* (1870)
* *An Old-Fashioned Boy* (1871)
* *Lilian; or, Did She Do It Right?* (1871)
* *Wanted—A Pedigree* (1871)
* *Contented Jim* (1872)
* *Honest Jim* (1872)
* *How He Did It* (1872)
* *Noll in the Country* (1872)
* *The Twin Babies* (1872)
* *Our Fred* (1874)
* *The Peddler of La Grave* (1875)
* *Aunt Hetty's Fowls* (1876)
* *Harry and His Chickens* (1876)
* *Harry and His Cousins* (1876)
* *Harry At Aunt Jane's* (1876)
* *Harry's Christmas in the City* (1876)
* *Harry's Fourth of July* (1876)
* *Harry's Grandma* (1876)
* *Harry's Little Sister* (1876)
* *Harry's Ride With Papa* (1876)
* *Harry's Walk With Grandma* (1876)
* *The Pewit's Nest* (1876)
* *Rosa and Robbie* (1876)
* *Signing the Contract* (1879)
* *The Thorn in the Nest* (1886)
* *The Tragedy of Wild River Valley* (1893)
* *Twiddledetwit, A Fairytale* (1898)}}

;*Elsie Dinsmore* liburu saila
# *Elsie Dinsmore* (1867)
# *Elsie's Holidays at Roselands* (1868)
# *Elsie's Girlhood* (1872)
# *Elsie's Womanhood* (1875)
# *Elsie's Motherhood* (1876)
# *Elsie's Children* (1877)
# *Elsie's Widowhood* (1880)
# *Grandmother Elsie* (1882)
# *Elsie's New Relations* (1883)
# *Elsie at Nantucket* (1884)
# *The Two Elsies* (1885)
# *Elsie's Kith and Kin* (1886)
# *Elsie's Friends at Woodburn* (1887)
# *Christmas with Grandma Elsi*e (1888)
# *Elsie and the Raymonds* (1889)
# *Elsie Yachting with the Raymonds* (1890)
# *Elsie's Vacation* (1891)
# *Elsie at Viamede* (1892)
# *Elsie at Ion* (1893)
# *Elsie at the World's Fair* (1894)
# *Elsie's Journey on Inland Waters* (1895)
# *Elsie at Home* (1897)
# *Elsie on the Hudson* (1898)
# *Elsie in the South* (1899)
# *Elsie's Young Folks in Peace and War* (1900)
# *Elsie's Winter Trip* (1902)
# *Elsie and Her Loved Ones* (1903)
# *Elsie and Her Namesakes* (1905)}}

;*Mildred Keith* liburu saila
# *Mildred Keith* (1876)
# *Mildred at Roselands* (1880)
# *Mildred and Elsie* (1881)
# *Mildred's Married Life, and a Winter with Elsie Dinsmore* (1882)
# *Mildred at Home: With Something about her Relatives and Friends* (1884)
# *Mildred's Boys and Girls* (1886)
# *Mildred's New Daughter'' (1894)

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