Five Children and It (Apple Classics) - Softcover

Nesbit, Edith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0590421468 ISBN 13: 9780590421461

Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks, 1988

Synopsis

A series of phenomenal adventures follow when young Anthea discovers a sand-fairy who can grant wishes

About this title

From the Back Cover

The five children find a cantankerous sand fairy or 'psammead' in a gravel pit. Every day 'It' will grant each of them a wish that lasts until sunset, often with disastrous consequences. Five Children and It was first published in 1902, and it has remained in print ever since. The Introduction to this edition examines Nesbit's life and her reading, showing how she was poised between the Victorian world and a new era in which children in literature were no longer mere projections of the adult viewpoint. Sandra Kemp examines how the narrative is structured around the acting out of literary fantasies, which always come down to earth. Nesbit combines wonderfully implausible events with the prosaic and familiar, and Kemp illuminates her exploration of the shifting relationship between imagination, literature, and life.

About the Author

Edith Nesbit (1858&ndash1924) was a children's writer whose most famous novels include The Story of the Treasure Seekers, Five Children and It, and The Enchanted Castle.

Edition details

• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
• Publication date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0590421468
• ISBN 13: 9780590421461
• Binding: Paperback