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The stories in "Nine Unlikely Tales" are known for their humorous and whimsical nature. They often feature magical elements, such as fairies and talking animals, and explore themes such as the importance of kindness, honesty, and bravery.One of the most famous stories in the collection is "The Story of the Amulet," which follows the adventures of the Bastable children from Nesbit's earlier works as they travel through time and space with a magical amulet.Another well-known story in the col...

The Story of the Treasure Seekers by E. Nesbit is a delightful classic children's novel that blends humor, adventure, and family spirit into an imaginative tale of determination and youthful optimism. First published in 1899, the book introduces readers to the Bastable children, a lively group of siblings who decide to restore their family's fallen fortunes after their widowed father loses his wealth. Convinced that hidden treasure is the quickest path to success, the Bastable children emb...

From silly to scary, shocking to absurd, dragons abound in this collection of eight children's stories from beloved author E. Nesbit. Originally published in the serial magazine The Strand, this anthology was reprinted as a single volume in 1901 and has served as a classic of both children's and dragon's literature ever since. Within, you'll find stories of a silly king, a stalwart princess, a pair of mischievous children on the hunt for adventure, and many more tales of children besting t...

They were not railway children to begin with. I don't suppose they had ever thought about railways except as a means of getting to Maskelyne and Cook's, the Pantomime, Zoological Gardens, and Madame Tussaud's. They were just ordinary suburban children, and they lived with their Father and Mother in an ordinary red-brick-fronted villa, with coloured glass in the front door, a tiled passage that was called a hall, a bathroom with hot and cold water, electric bells, French windows, and a good...

The Children Railway is a children's book. Bobbie, Peter and Phyllis live in London with their parents. Their happy life is interrupted by the father's arrest and the country's move to his mother in a house near the railroad. The money is scarce and the children are worried. They spend a lot of time on the railroad, greet passengers of London-based trains. When a senior gentleman receives the greeting, Bobbie decides to ask for help from her father. A fun story, full of hope and love.

“The Literary Sense” is a 1903 collection of short stories for adults by Edith Nesbit (1858 – 1924). Nesbit was an English poet and author who published more than 60 children's books under the name E. Nesbit. She was also a political activist and co-founded the Fabian Society, which had a significant influence on the Labour Party and British politics in general. Other notable works by this author include: “The Prophet's Mantle” (1885), “Something Wrong” (1886), and “The Marden Mystery” (18...

First published in 1902, “Five Children and It” is a children's novel by English writer and poet E. Nesbit. The story follows the five children Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane, and the “Lamb” and their adventures resulting from the discovery of a sand-fairy that has the ability to grant wishes. A charming tale of youth and innocence, “Five Children and It” would make for perfect bedtime reading and is not to be missed by fans and collectors of Nesbit's magical children's literature. Originally...

Edward has inherited some money, and he decides he'd like to tramp around England a bit. At his first stop he befriends a young boy and builds him a toy airplane. But his country idyll takes an adventurous turn when he happens upon a young woman who seems to be unnaturally nervous about her home life. At their third meeting when they are just about to be discovered by her tyrannical aunt, he proposes that she should elope with him.

When this book first came to my mind it came as a history and theory of the building of Magic Cities on tables, with bricks and toys and little things such as a child may find and use. But as I kept the thought by me it grew and changed, as thoughts will do, until at last it took shape as an attempt to contribute something, however small and unworthy, to the science of building a magic city in the soul of a child, a city built of all things pure and fine and beautiful. As you read, it will...

This is the story of the different ways we looked for treasure, and I think when you have read it you will see that we were not lazy about the looking.There are some things I must tell before I begin to tell about the treasure-seeking, because I have read books myself, and I know how beastly it is when a story begins, "'Alas!" said Hildegarde with a deep sigh, "we must look our last on this ancestral home"'—and then some one else says something—and you don't know for pages and pages...

A legendary children's story of sibling adventure, by the enchanting author of The Railway Children and Five Children and It, which has delighted countless generations of childrenThe Bastable children (Dora, Oswald, Dicky, Alice, Noel, and Horace Octavius—H.O.) live in London with their widowed father. Too poor to attend school, the children are left to their own devices, and they spend their days coming up with ingenious plans to restore their fa...

26 Complete Works of E. NesbitAtlantic NarrativesBeautiful Stories from ShakespeareFive Children and ItGrim TalesHarding's luckIn HomespunMan and MaidMany VoicesNew Treasure SeekersOswald Bastable and OthersPussy and Doggy TalesRoyal Children of English HistoryThe Book of DragonsThe Enchanted CastleThe Incomplete AmoristThe Incredible HoneymoonThe Literary SenseThe...