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New page: '''E. Nesbit''' (Edith Bland), 1858-1924, was the author of many classic books on childrens' literature, notably ''The Railway Children,'' ''The Five Children and It,'' ''The Story of the ...
'''E. Nesbit''' (Edith Bland), 1858-1924, was the author of many classic books on childrens' literature, notably ''The Railway Children,'' ''The Five Children and It,'' ''The Story of the Treasure Seekers,'' and ''The Phoenix and the Castle.''
Most of her books involve a family of children of all ages, who are thrust into a difficult situation, have adventures together, and need to take responsibility for themselves.
Of her, Gore Vidal said "After Lewis Carroll, E. Nesbit is the best of the English fabulists who wrote about children (neither wrote for children) and like Carroll she was able to create a world of magic and inverted logic that was entirely her own."<ref>[http://www.nybooks.com/articles/13132 The Writing of E. Nesbit], Gore Vidal, ''New York Review of Books''</ref>
Most of her books are out of copyright and available online.
==External links==
*[http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Nesbit%2C%20E.%20(Edith)%2C%201858-1924 Writings of E. Nesbit], in UPenn's online books listing
==Notes and references==
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Most of her books involve a family of children of all ages, who are thrust into a difficult situation, have adventures together, and need to take responsibility for themselves.
Of her, Gore Vidal said "After Lewis Carroll, E. Nesbit is the best of the English fabulists who wrote about children (neither wrote for children) and like Carroll she was able to create a world of magic and inverted logic that was entirely her own."<ref>[http://www.nybooks.com/articles/13132 The Writing of E. Nesbit], Gore Vidal, ''New York Review of Books''</ref>
Most of her books are out of copyright and available online.
==External links==
*[http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Nesbit%2C%20E.%20(Edith)%2C%201858-1924 Writings of E. Nesbit], in UPenn's online books listing
==Notes and references==
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