Edith Nesbit

This stunning Oxford Children''s Classic edition is the perfect introduction to The Railway Children-the ultimate story of courage and hope.Features the complete unabridged text, an introduction by Onjali Q. Rauf, and other bonus material including insights for readers, facts, activities, and more . . .

'We have to leave our house in London,' Mother said to the children. 'We're going to live in the country, in a little house near a railway line.' And so begins a new life for Roberta, Peter, and Phyllis. They become the railway children - they know all the trains, Perks the station porter is their best friend, and they have many adventures on the railway line. But why has their father had to go away? Where is he, and will he ever come back?

The Magic City - Edith Nesbit - "Philip and Lucy discover that the city Philip has built using toys, books and household objects, has come alive. This is the account of their incredible adventures in those magical lands, where they meet characters from books and history, mythical beasts, and many other nice (and not so nice) people and creatures.As with all Edith Nesbits tales, The Magic City has generous helpings of humour, imagination and interesting ideas, as well as the over-arching story of how a boy and girl who have unwillingly become step-brother and sister eventually learn to like each other.A story that works on many levels and will be equally enjoyed by adults and children."

The Dragon Tamers Edith Nesbit - Great Bedtime story for Kids! Release their imaginations through this wonderful little story!The Dragon Tamers Edith Nesbit - Great Bedtime story for Kids! Release their imaginations through this wonderful little story!

In "The Magic World," Edith Nesbit crafts an enchanting collection of short stories that fuse the ordinary with the extraordinary, reflecting a unique fusion of fantasy and realism. Written in the early 20th century, these tales explore themes of childhood imagination, the divide between the mundane and the magical, and the influence of Edwardian society. Nesbits literary style showcases her characteristic wit and vivid descriptions, bringing her fantastical worlds to life while maintaining an underlying poignancy that resonates with both children and adults alike. Each tale invites readers to embark on whimsical adventures, highlighting the transformative power of imagination in the face of everyday challenges. Edith Nesbit, a pioneering figure in childrens literature, drew heavily from her own experiences and the broader cultural shifts of her time. Raised in a politically active family, Nesbit was not only a writer but also an ardent socialist, which influenced her belief in the value of equality and imagination. Her personal struggles and commitment to social causes are mirrored in her narratives, which often present children as dynamic agents of change in a complex world. "The Magic World" is a must-read for anyone seeking to be transported to realms of wonder and imagination. Nesbits timeless tales resonate even today, illuminating the universal desire for adventure and the strength of friendship. Perfect for readers of all ages, this collection will inspire both nostalgia for childhood and a renewed sense of wonder.

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Edith Nesbits The Railway Children is a childrens classic that tells the story of a family whose father, who works as a diplomat, is falsely accused of communicating secret information to the Russians. When the father is taken away, the family has to move to a modest house in the country situated near a railway station. It is then that start the adventures of the three children, Roberta (Bobbie), Peter and Phyllis (Phil). They fall in innocent love with the moving trains and spend much time waving to the smiling passengers so that they have ended up befriending the station porter as well as an old gentleman who takes the same morning train every day. The three children prove to be very helpful and courageous and they gradually win the hearts of the adults around them. The old gentleman decides to help the little children. He eventually succeeds in absolving their father from guilt and the family is happily reunited. The narrative then tells about their family life and how they take care of two of their guests, Mr Szczepansky a Russian exile who has to flee the Tsar and the old gentlemans grandson, Jim, who has broken his leg in a tunnel.

The Story of the Amulet - Edith Nesbit - The magic Psammead is back! This time the four children, Cyril, Robert, Anthea and Jane are stuck in London for the Summer, when they come across the Psammead (or wish-giving sand-fairy), imprisoned in a pet shop. They manage to free him, and he tells them where they can get hold of a magic amulet which will bring them their hearts desire. Unfortunately when the amulet is secured, it is incomplete. They and the Psammead must travel back into ancient history to see the part of the amulet which was lost. The children experience one breathtaking adventure after another in Babylon, Egypt, the lost city of Atlantis, Tyre...Edith Nesbit was to children in the early 20th century what J.K. Rowling is to todays young generation. Magic, mythical creatures, time travel, charms, words of power... Nesbits stories have it all. The Story Of The Amulet is the third and final book in this series. The first two are: Five Children and It, and The Phoenix And The Carpet

The Power of Darkness Edith Nesbit - The Power of Darkness was written in the year 1905 by Edith Nesbit. This book is one of the most popular novels of Edith Nesbit, and has been translated into several other languages around the world. Plot Summary: The figure of my wife came in it came straight towards the bed, its wide eyes were open and looked at me with love unspeakable, Edith Nesbit, best known as the author of The Railway Children and other childrens classics, was also the mistress of the ghost story and tales of terror. She was able to create genuinely chilling narratives in which the returning dead feature strongly. Sadly, these stories have been neglected for many years, but now, at last, they are back in print. In this wonderful collection of eerie, flesh-creeping yarns, we encounter love that transcends the grave, reanimated corpses, vampiric vines, vengeful ghosts and other dark delights to make you feel fearful. These vintage spooky stories, tinged with horror, are told in a bold, forthright manner that makes them seem as fresh and unsettling as todays headlines.

Five Children and It - Edith Nesbit - A family of five children moves from London to the English countryside. While playing in a gravel pit soon after the move, the children discover an ancient and rather grumpy, sand-fairy known as the Psammead. The magical being agrees to grant one wish of theirs per day, but those wishes rarely turn out as they expect and they send them on one adventure after the other.

The Magic World - Edith Nesbit - The Magic World is an influential collection of twelve short stories by E. Nesbit. It was first published in book form in 1912 by Macmillan and Co. Ltd., with illustrations by H. R. Millar and Gerald Spencer Pryse. The stories, previously printed in magazines such as Blackies Childrens Annual, are typical of Nesbits arch, ironic, clever fantasies for children.

The Phoenix and the Carpet - Edith Nesbit - The Phoenix and the Carpet is a fantasy novel 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 five protagonists 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 find an 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 many adventures 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).This middle volume of the trilogy that began with Five Children and It and concludes with The Story of the Amulet deviates somewhat from the other two because the Psammead gets only a brief mention, and because in this volume the children live with both of their parents and their younger brotherthe Lambin their home in London. Consequently, there is less loneliness and sense of loss in this volume than in the other two. In both of the other volumes, circumstances have forced the children to spend a protracted period away from their familiar London home and their father; in Amulet, their mother and the Lamb are absent as well.A continuing theme throughout The Phoenix and the Carpet is, appropriately enough, the ancient element of fire. The story begins shortly before November 5, celebrated in England as Guy Fawkes Night. Traditionally, children light bonfires and set off fireworks on this night. The four children have accumulated a small hoard of fireworks but are too impatient to wait until November 5 to light them, so they set off a few samples in the nursery. This results in a fire that destroys the carpet.Their parents purchase a second-hand carpet which, upon arrival, is found to contain an egg that emits a weird phosphorescent glow. The children accidentally knock this egg into the fire: it hatches, revealing a golden Phoenix who speaks perfect English.It develops that this is a magical carpet, which can transport the children to anywhere they wish in the present time, although it is only capable of three wishes per day. Accompanied by the Phoenix, the children have exotic adventures in various climes. There is one moment of terror for the children when their youngest brother, the Lamb, crawls onto the carpet, babbles some incoherent baby talk, and vanishes. Fortunately, the Lamb only desired to be with his mother.At a few points in the novel, the children find themselves in predicaments from which the Phoenix is unable to rescue them by himself; he goes to find the Psammead and has a wish granted for the childrens sake. In addition, in the end, the carpet is sent to ask the Psammead to grant the Phoenixs wish. These offstage incidents are the only contribution made by the Psammead to this story.

Wet Magic Edith Nesbit - Four siblings travel to the seashore for a holiday. One of them accidentally summons the sister of a mermaid, captured by a circus; and the four children decide to try and save her... What follows is a fantastic and adventurous ride, full of challenges for the children in the underwater world of the mermaids!Well, I keep looking for a palette cleanser. Although instead of a bad taste, I want to scrub away reality. And the palette is in fact my anxious, exhausted brain. I keep looking for books that will, like, move me physically from this space to another. Books that will wash everything away.Edith Nesbit did that for me so much when I was a kid, so I sort of had the idea to return to something reliable rather than try something new? And it sort of worked. I love her witty writing and clever characters. I adore the worlds she builds and her approach to writing about magic and the occasional meta details about stories and fairy tales. I love her ability to craft delightful, utter nonsense.This one was always my favorite - a story about four children (and a tagalong friend) who rescue a captured mermaid. They are taken to her underwater kingdom and accidentally start a war with other oceanic creatures, which is a lot more delightful and a lot less scary than it sounds. I loved this one when I was a kid because I loved the sea and always secretly hoped I was actually a mermaid and would return home one day, like the well-adjusted super-reader that I was.Heres the thing: it didnt really hold up to my adult eyes. I still love it, and always will, but I enjoyed it more now from the perspective of: oh wow, she didnt just write tropes - she developed them. She originated them. Instead of feeling the pull of escape the way I did as a kid, I felt appreciation for her craft and for the influence she had on the fantasy genre. Which is not to say it was a bad reading experience, or a disappointment (not at all!), it was simply different and unexpected.

The Enchanted Castle - Edith Nesbit - "A childrens fantasy novel first published in 1907, The Enchanted Castle recounts the marvelous adventures encountered by a curious group of children searching to enliven their summer holiday. Written in episodes, the novel has a different adventure in store for its young heroes in each chapter, including vibrant statues, banquets with Greek gods, and reunited lovers.

Edith Nesbits The Book of Dragons is a collection of eight childrens stories linked through the common theme of dragons.These fantastical tales would make for perfect bedtime reading material and are deserving of a place on any family bookshelf.

Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Charlotte Perkins Gilman y Edith Nesbit crearon los cimientos del terror moderno, en especial, el género de casas embrujadas, de fantasmas y entes malignos. El velo negro, El cuento de la vieja niñera, La casa de los espíritus, El papel amarillo y La boda de John Charrington, son cinco relatos sorprendentes y escalofriantes que no dejarán al lector indiferente. El miedo evoluciona, se transforma, se adapta a los tiempos en su apariencia, pero hunde sus raíces en lo más profundo de nuestro inconsciente.

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Edmund was a boy.The people who did not like him said that he was the most tiresome boy that ever lived, but his grandmother and his other friends said that he had an inquiring mind.And his granny often added that he was the best of boys.But she was very kind and very old.Edmund loved to find out about things.Perhaps you will think that in that case he was constant in his attendance atschool, since there, if anywhere, we may learn whatever there is to be learned. But Edmund did not want to learn things: He wanted to find things out, which is quite different.His inquiring mind led him to take clocks to pieces to see what madethem go, to take locks off doors to see what made them stick.It was Edmund who cut open the India rubber ball to see whatmade it bounce, and he never did see, any more than you didwhen you tried the same experiment.

Edith Nesbits "The Railway Children" is one of the best-loved family stories of all the classics and it is a perfect demonstration of why a safety net is so important. "The Railway Children" is a straightforward narrative of what happens when a family is disrupted by the absence of one of its members, and Nesbit uses the disruption to examine the responsibilities that people have to one another and themselves within the English class structure. The book conveys the basic sense that people and the world are largely good; although the childrens father has been wrongfully imprisoned, justice does prevail in the end.When Roberta, Peter and Phyilliss father is arrested their life is turned upside down. The children move to the country and the railway that runs nearby becomes their greatest source of adventure. One day, they come up with a brilliant plan to make use of the friends theyve made through the train to prove their fathers innocence and bring him back safely. Will it work?