E. Nesbit

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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)

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* 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.

 

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