Edith nesbit
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EDITH NESBIT
Her own children were Paul Bland (1880–1940), to whom The Railway Children was dedicated; Iris Bland (1881-1950s); and Fabian Bland (1885–1900), who died aged 15 after atonsil operation, and to whom she dedicated Five Children And It and its sequels, as well as The Story of the Treasure Seekers and its sequels.E. Nesbit's grave in St Mary in the Marsh'schurchyard bears a wooden grave marker made by her second husband, Thomas Terry Tucker. There is also a memorial plaque to her inside the church.
STORIES:
THE STORY OF THE TREASURESEEKERS:
The Story of the Treasure Seekers is a novel by E. Nesbit. First published in 1899, it tells the story of Dora, Oswald, Dicky, Alice, Noel, and Horace Octavius (H. O.) Bastable, andtheir attempts to assist their widowed father and recover the fortunes of their family; its sequels are theThe Wouldbegoods (1899) and The New Treasure Seekers (1904). The novel's completename is The Story of the Treasure Seekers: Being the Adventures of the Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune.
THE PHOENIX AND THE CARPET:
The Phoenix and the Carpet is a fantasynovel for children, written in 1904 by E. Nesbit. It is the second in a trilogy of novels that began with Five Children and It (1902), and follows the adventures of the same fiveprotagonists – Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane and the Lamb. Their mother buys the children a new carpet to replace the one from the nursery that was destroyed in an accidental fire. The children findan egg in the carpet which hatches into a talking Phoenix. The Phoenix explains that the carpet is a magical one that will grant them three wishes per day. The five children go on manyadventures which eventually wears out their magical carpet. The adventures of the children are continued and conclude in the third book of the trilogy, The Story of the Amulet (1906).
Her own children were Paul Bland (1880–1940), to whom The Railway Children was dedicated; Iris Bland (1881-1950s); and Fabian Bland (1885–1900), who died aged 15 after atonsil operation, and to whom she dedicated Five Children And It and its sequels, as well as The Story of the Treasure Seekers and its sequels.E. Nesbit's grave in St Mary in the Marsh'schurchyard bears a wooden grave marker made by her second husband, Thomas Terry Tucker. There is also a memorial plaque to her inside the church.
STORIES:
THE STORY OF THE TREASURESEEKERS:
The Story of the Treasure Seekers is a novel by E. Nesbit. First published in 1899, it tells the story of Dora, Oswald, Dicky, Alice, Noel, and Horace Octavius (H. O.) Bastable, andtheir attempts to assist their widowed father and recover the fortunes of their family; its sequels are theThe Wouldbegoods (1899) and The New Treasure Seekers (1904). The novel's completename is The Story of the Treasure Seekers: Being the Adventures of the Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune.
THE PHOENIX AND THE CARPET:
The Phoenix and the Carpet is a fantasynovel for children, written in 1904 by E. Nesbit. It is the second in a trilogy of novels that began with Five Children and It (1902), and follows the adventures of the same fiveprotagonists – Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane and the Lamb. Their mother buys the children a new carpet to replace the one from the nursery that was destroyed in an accidental fire. The children findan egg in the carpet which hatches into a talking Phoenix. The Phoenix explains that the carpet is a magical one that will grant them three wishes per day. The five children go on manyadventures which eventually wears out their magical carpet. The adventures of the children are continued and conclude in the third book of the trilogy, The Story of the Amulet (1906).
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