As well as creating beloved tales now celebrated as children’s classics, E. Nesbit created a diverse body of works, including political and modern novels for adults, highly-accomplished poetry, short stories and non-fiction. For the first time in publishing history, this comprehensive eBook presents the complete extant novels of E. Nesbit, with numerous illustrations, rare works, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Nesbit's life and works * Concise introductions to the novels and other texts * ALL 22 extant novels, with individual contents tables * Rare novels like Nesbit's last work 'The Lark' appear here for the first time in publishing history * Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * The children’s novels are fully illustrated with their original artwork * Explore the original illustrations of the ‘The Railway Children’ and other famous works * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry and the short stories * Easily locate the poems or short stories you want to read * Includes Nesbit’s non-fiction treatise on adults learning from children * Special criticism section, with contemporary reviews and articles evaluating Nesbit’s contribution to literature * Features Nesbit's rare memoir on her younger years * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please note: no known copies of the obscure novels ‘The Marden Mystery’ and ‘The Secret of the Kyriels’ appear to survive. If these works become available at a later time, they will be added to the collection as a free update. Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Bastable Series THE STORY OF THE TREASURE SEEKERS THE WOULDBEGOODS THE NEW TREASURE SEEKERS The Psammead Series FIVE CHILDREN AND IT THE PHOENIX AND THE CARPET THE STORY OF THE AMULET The House of Arden Series THE HOUSE OF ARDEN HARDING’S LUCK Other Children’s Novels THE RAILWAY CHILDREN THE ENCHANTED CASTLE THE MAGIC CITY THE WONDERFUL GARDEN WET MAGIC FIVE OF US AND MADELINE Novels for Adults THE PROPHET’S MANTLE THE RED HOUSE THE INCOMPLETE AMORIST SALOME AND THE HEAD DAPHNE IN FITZROY STREET DORMANT THE INCREDIBLE HONEYMOON THE LARK Short Story Collections GRIM TALES PUSSY AND DOGGY TALES IN HOMESPUN ROYAL CHILDREN OF ENGLISH HISTORY THE CHILDREN’S SHAKESPEARE THE BOOK OF DRAGONS THE LITERARY SENSE OSWALD BASTABLE AND OTHERS MAN AND MAID THE MAGIC WORLD The Short Stories LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER Poetry Collections LAYS AND LEGENDS ALL ROUND THE YEAR LANDSCAPE AND SONG LAYS AND LEGENDS: SECOND SERIES THE RAINBOW AND THE ROSE MANY VOICES The Poems LIST OF POEMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER LIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER Non-Fiction WINGS AND THE CHILD The Criticism LIST OF REVIEWS AND NESBIT RELATED ARTICLES The Autobiography MY SCHOOL DAYS Please vis
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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 over 60 books of fiction for children, several of which have been adapted for film and television. She was also a political activist and co-founded the Fabian Society, a socialist organisation later connected to the Labour Party. Edith Nesbit was born in Kennington, Surrey, the daughter of agricultural chemist and schoolmaster John Collis Nesbit. The death of her father when she was four and the continuing ill health of her sister meant that Nesbit had a transitory childhood, her family moving across Europe in search of healthy climates only to return to England for financial reasons. Nesbit therefore spent her childhood attaining an education from whatever sources were available—local grammars, the occasional boarding school but mainly through reading. At 17 her family finally settled in London and aged 19, Nesbit met Hubert Bland, a political activist and writer. They became lovers and when Nesbit found she was pregnant they became engaged, marrying in April 1880. After this scandalous (for Victorian society) beginning, the marriage would be an unconventional one. Initially, the couple lived separately—Nesbit with her family and Bland with his mother and her live-in companion Maggie Doran. Initially, Edith Nesbit books were novels meant for adults, including The Prophet's Mantle (1885) and The Marden Mystery (1896) about the early days of the socialist movement. Written under the pen name of her third child 'Fabian Bland', these books were not successful. Nesbit generated an income for the family by lecturing around the country on socialism and through her journalism (she was editor of the Fabian Society's journal, Today). In 1899 she had published The Adventures of the Treasure Seekers to great acclaim.
