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Author: Elisabeth Galvin Publisher: Pen and Sword History ISBN: 1526714795 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 291
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Imagine being one of the most well-loved children’s authors of all time, yet your readers don’t know if you’re a man or a woman. Or even your real name. E. Nesbit is really Edith Nesbit, who wrote an extraordinary 98 novels, plays and poetry collections for children and adults between 1885 and 1923. She is credited as the first modern writer for children whose work has influenced authors from Oscar Wilde to C.S. Lewis, Noël Coward to J.K. Rowling. Even though it was published more than 100 years ago, The Railway Children remains one of the most popular children’s books ever written and it has never been out of print. But for Edith, the truth of her life is stranger than her fiction – and it’s a truth she was keen to hide from the public. Edith’s father died when she was four, resulting in a peripatetic childhood across Europe. At 21 years old she was seven months’ pregnant when she married a penniless libertine who became a famous journalist, Hubert Bland. Together as early socialists they were founding members of the Fabian Society, from which the Labour Party has its foundations. A Bohemian and an eccentric, Edith became a mother of five children – two of whom she adopted in secret after her husband had an affair with a close friend (who subsequently lived with them as their housekeeper). It was shortly after the sudden death of her beloved son that Edith wrote her first bestseller in 1899, a groundbreaker that dramatically changed the course of children’s literature. On the eve of World War I, Edith’s husband died and she married a captain of the Woolwich Ferry. A cheerful cockney sparrow, Tommy Tucker proved to be Edith’s unwitting romantic hero who loved and cherished her until she died in near-poverty on the Romney Marshes of Kent.
Author: Edith Nesbit Publisher: Good Press ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 3142
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This carefully crafted ebook: "The Greatest Children's Books - E. Nesbit Collection: Fantastical Adventures, Tales of Magical Creatures & Journeys into Enchanting Worlds (Illustrated)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The Bastable Trilogy The Story of the Treasure Seekers The Wouldbegoods The New Treasure Seekers The Psammead Trilogy Five Children and It The Phoenix and the Carpet The Story of the Amulet The Mouldiwarp Chronicles The House of Arden Harding's Luck Other Novels The Railway Children The Enchanted Castle The Magic City The Wonderful Garden Wet Magic Short Story Collections The Book of Dragons: The Book of Beasts Uncle James, or The Purple Stranger The Deliverers of Their Country The Ice Dragon, or Do as You Are Told The Island of the Nine Whirlpools The Dragon Tamers The Fiery Dragon, or The Heart of Stone and the Heart of Gold Kind Little Edmund, or The Caves and the Cockatrice Royal Children of English History: Alfred the Great Prince Arthur Henry the Third The First Prince of Wales Edward the Black Prince Henry the Fifth and the Baby King Pussy and Doggy Tales: Too Clever by Half The White Persian A Powerful Friend A Silly Question The Selfish Pussy Meddlesome Pussy Nine Lives The Magic World The Cat-hood of Maurice The Mixed Mine Accidental Magic The Princess and the Hedge-pig Septimus Septimusson The White Cat Belinda and Bellamant Justnowland The Related Muff The Aunt and Amabel Kenneth and the Carp The Magician's Heart Nine Unlikely Tales The Cockatoucan Whereyouwanttogoto The Blue Mountain The Prince, Two, Mice, and some Kitchen Maids Melisande Fortunatus Rex and Co. The Sums That Came Right The Town in the Library, in the Town in the Library The Plush Usurpe Oswald Bastable and Others ... Edith Nesbit (1858-1924) was the author of world famous books for children - the tales of fantastical adventures, jou
Author: Elisabeth Galvin Publisher: Pen and Sword History ISBN: 1526714795 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 291
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Imagine being one of the most well-loved children’s authors of all time, yet your readers don’t know if you’re a man or a woman. Or even your real name. E. Nesbit is really Edith Nesbit, who wrote an extraordinary 98 novels, plays and poetry collections for children and adults between 1885 and 1923. She is credited as the first modern writer for children whose work has influenced authors from Oscar Wilde to C.S. Lewis, Noël Coward to J.K. Rowling. Even though it was published more than 100 years ago, The Railway Children remains one of the most popular children’s books ever written and it has never been out of print. But for Edith, the truth of her life is stranger than her fiction – and it’s a truth she was keen to hide from the public. Edith’s father died when she was four, resulting in a peripatetic childhood across Europe. At 21 years old she was seven months’ pregnant when she married a penniless libertine who became a famous journalist, Hubert Bland. Together as early socialists they were founding members of the Fabian Society, from which the Labour Party has its foundations. A Bohemian and an eccentric, Edith became a mother of five children – two of whom she adopted in secret after her husband had an affair with a close friend (who subsequently lived with them as their housekeeper). It was shortly after the sudden death of her beloved son that Edith wrote her first bestseller in 1899, a groundbreaker that dramatically changed the course of children’s literature. On the eve of World War I, Edith’s husband died and she married a captain of the Woolwich Ferry. A cheerful cockney sparrow, Tommy Tucker proved to be Edith’s unwitting romantic hero who loved and cherished her until she died in near-poverty on the Romney Marshes of Kent.
Author: Eleanor Fitzsimons Publisher: Abrams ISBN: 168335687X Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 333
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A Sunday Times Best Book of the Year: The “informative and entertaining” first major biography of the trailblazing, controversial children’s author (The Washington Post). Born in 1858, Edith Nesbit is today considered the first modern writer for children and the inventor of the children’s adventure story. In The Life and Loves of E. Nesbit, award-winning biographer Eleanor Fitzsimons uncovers the little-known details of her life, introducing readers to the Fabian Society cofounder and fabulous socialite who hosted legendary parties and had admirers by the dozen, including George Bernard Shaw. Through Nesbit’s letters and archival research, Fitzsimons reveals “E.” to have been a prolific lecturer and writer on socialism and shows how Nesbit incorporated these ideas into her writing, thereby influencing a generation of children—an aspect of her literary legacy never before examined. Fitzsimons’s riveting biography brings new light to the life and works of this remarkable writer and woman. “Meticulous and invaluable...exceptionally illuminating and detailed.” —The Wall Street Journal “Fitzsimons handily reassembles the hundreds of intricate, idiosyncratic parts of the miraculous E. Nesbit machine.” —The New York Times Book Review “I’ve always loved the work of E. Nesbit—The Railway Children and Five Children and It are my favorites—but I knew nothing about the extraordinary, surprising life of this great figure in children’s literature . . . so gripping that I read [it] in two days.” —Gretchen Rubin, #1 New York Times-bestsellingauthor of The Happiness Project “A charming, lively, and old-fashioned biography . . . highly readable.” —Publishers Weekly “A terrific book.” —Neil Gaiman
Author: Edith Nesbit Publisher: DigiCat ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 3144
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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this unique and meticulously edited E.Nesbit collection: The Bastable Trilogy_x000D_ The Story of the Treasure Seekers_x000D_ The Wouldbegoods_x000D_ The New Treasure Seekers_x000D_ The Psammead Trilogy_x000D_ Five Children and It_x000D_ The Phoenix and the Carpet_x000D_ The Story of the Amulet_x000D_ The Mouldiwarp Chronicles_x000D_ The House of Arden_x000D_ Harding's Luck_x000D_ Other Novels_x000D_ The Railway Children_x000D_ The Enchanted Castle_x000D_ The Magic City_x000D_ The Wonderful Garden_x000D_ Wet Magic_x000D_ Short Story Collections_x000D_ The Book of Dragons:_x000D_ The Book of Beasts_x000D_ Uncle James, or The Purple Stranger_x000D_ The Deliverers of Their Country_x000D_ The Ice Dragon, or Do as You Are Told_x000D_ The Island of the Nine Whirlpools_x000D_ The Dragon Tamers_x000D_ The Fiery Dragon, or The Heart of Stone and the Heart of Gold_x000D_ Kind Little Edmund, or The Caves and the Cockatrice_x000D_ Royal Children of English History:_x000D_ Alfred the Great_x000D_ Prince Arthur_x000D_ Henry the Third_x000D_ The First Prince of Wales_x000D_ Edward the Black Prince_x000D_ Henry the Fifth and the Baby King_x000D_ Pussy and Doggy Tales:_x000D_ Too Clever by Half_x000D_ The White Persian_x000D_ A Powerful Friend_x000D_ A Silly Question_x000D_ The Selfish Pussy_x000D_ Meddlesome Pussy_x000D_ Nine Lives_x000D_ The Magic World_x000D_ The Cat-hood of Maurice_x000D_ The Mixed Mine_x000D_ Accidental Magic_x000D_ The Princess and the Hedge-pig_x000D_ Septimus Septimusson_x000D_ The White Cat_x000D_ Belinda and Bellamant_x000D_ Justnowland_x000D_ The Related Muff_x000D_ The Aunt and Amabel_x000D_ Kenneth and the Carp_x000D_ The Magician's Heart_x000D_ Nine Unlikely Tales_x000D_ The Cockatoucan_x000D_ Whereyouwanttogoto_x000D_ The Blue Mountain_x000D_ The Prince, Two, Mice, and some Kitchen Maids_x000D_ Melisande_x000D_ Fortunatus Rex and Co._x000D_ The Sums That Came Right_x000D_ The Town in the Library, in the Town in the Library_x000D_ The Plush Usurpe_x000D_ Oswald Bastable and Others_x000D_ ..._x000D_ Edith Nesbit (1858-1924) was the author of world famous books for children - the tales of fantastical adventures, jou
Author: E. NESBIT Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 0359553443 Category : Languages : en Pages : 179
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The sequel to Five Children and It follows the wondrous adventures of Robert, Jane, Cyril, Anthea, and The Lamb as they discover a clever phoenix and a magic carpet. The children find an egg in the carpet, which hatches into a talking Phoenix. The Phoenix explains that the carpet is a magic one that will grant them three wishes a day. The children are on a fantastic ride with the hopelessly vain but good-hearted phoenix and his flying carpet. They travel to a French castle, to a tropical island, foil a burglar, arrange a marriage, change people's disposition, and have to figure out how to get 199 Persian cats, 398 muskrats, a cow, and a policeman out of their house. Their charming adventures not only entertain but teach them, and the reader, a few gentle lessons." The Phoenix and the Carpet"" is a wonderful book for the young and the young at heart. The adventures are continued and concluded in the third book of the trilogy, "The Story of the Amulet"
Author: Edith Nesbit Publisher: e-artnow ISBN: 8027221447 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 145
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After Philip's older sister and sole family member Helen marries, he goes off to live with his new step sister Lucy. He has trouble adjusting at first, thrown into a world different from his previous life and abandoned by his sister while she is on her honeymoon. To entertain himself he builds a giant model city from things around the house: game pieces, books, blocks, bowls, etc. Then through some magic he finds himself inside the city, and it is alive with the people he has populated it with. Edith Nesbit (1858-1924) was the author of world famous books for children - the tales of fantastical adventures, journeys back in time and travel to magical worlds.
Author: Edith Nesbit Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 250
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"The Story of the Amulet is a novel for children, written in 1906 by English author Edith Nesbit.It is the final part of a trilogy of novels that also includes Five Children and It (1902) and The Phoenix and the Carpet (1904). In it the children re-encounter the Psammead-the ""it"" in Five Children and It. As it no longer grants wishes to the children, however, its capacity is mainly advisory in relation to the children's other discovery, the Amulet, thus following a formula successfully established in The Phoenix and the Carpet."
Author: Elisabeth Galvin
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