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Edith Nesbit (married name Edith Bland; 15 August 1858 – 4 May 1924) was an English writer and poet, who published her books for children and others as E. Nesbit. She wrote or collaborated on more than 60 such books.
The Story of the Treasure Seekers was the first novel for children by E. Nesbit. This and her later novels exerted considerable influence on subsequent English children's literature, most notably Arthur Ransome's [citation needed] books and C. S. Lewis' [3] The Chronicles of Narnia.
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The Wouldbegoods is a novel by E. Nesbit first published in 1901. It tells the story of Dora, Oswald, Dicky, Alice, Noel, and Horace Octavius (H. O.) Bastable, as well as Daisy and Denis Foulkes, and their attempts to perform good deeds, which usually go awry.
Articles relating to the fantasy novel Five Children and It (1902) by E. Nesbit, its sequels, and its adaptations.The original novel is set in Kent.Five children discover a rather grumpy, ugly, and occasionally malevolent Psammead, a sand-fairy with the ability to grant wishes.
Like Nesbit's The Railway Children, the story begins when a group of children move from London to the countryside of Kent.The five children (Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane, and their baby brother, Hilary, known as "the Lamb") are playing in a gravel pit when they uncover a rather grumpy, ugly, and occasionally malevolent Psammead, a sand-fairy with the ability to grant wishes.
Laburnum Cottage—Philip and Helen's home at the start of the book. The Grange—the home of Helen's new husband, and her step-daughter Lucy. Polistarchia—the country of the Magic City. Within Polistarchia: Polistopolis—the Magic City of the title, capital of Polistarchia. The Land of the Dwellers by the Sea—a region of Polistarchia.