The Magic World

E Nesbit

ISBN 10: 0140367659 / ISBN 13: 9780140367652

Published by Penguin Random House Children's UK, 1994

About this Item

The Magic World is a 1912 collection of short stories by E. Nesbit. Edith Nesbit (1858 - 1924) was an English poet and author. She is perhaps best remembered for her children's literature, publishing more than 60 such 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. The Stories include: The Cat-hood of Maurice, The Mixed Mine, Accidental Magic, The Princess and the Hedge-pig, Septimus Septimusson, The White Cat, Belinda and Bellamant, and more. This wonderful collection is perfect bedtime reading material and would make for a wonderful addition to any family collection. Other notable works by this author include: The Prophet's Mantle (1885), Something Wrong (1886), and The Marden Mystery (1896). Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Magic World
• Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140367659
• ISBN 13: 9780140367652
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Twelve short stories about the fantastic adventures of children who become accidentally involved with the forces of magic

About the Author

Edith Nesbit (married name Edith Bland; 15 August 1858 – 4 May 1924) was an English author and poet; she published her books for children under the name of E. Nesbit.

She wrote or collaborated on more than 60 books of fiction for children.

Nesbit published approximately 40 books for children, including novels, collections of stories and picture books. Collaborating with others, she published almost as many more.

According to her biographer Julia Briggs, Nesbit was "the first modern writer for children": "(Nesbit) helped to reverse the great tradition of children's literature inaugurated by Lewis Carroll, George MacDonald and Kenneth Grahame, in turning away from their secondary worlds to the tough truths to be won from encounters with things-as-they-are, previously the province of adult novels." Briggs also credits Nesbit with having invented the children's adventure story. Noël Coward was a great admirer of hers and, in a letter to an early biographer Noel Streatfeild, wrote "she had an economy of phrase, and an unparalleled talent for evoking hot summer days in the English countryside."