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Book SynopsisEdith Nesbit was a hugely influential writer whose books include
The Railway Children and
Five Children and It. The Bastable Series is ripe for rediscovery, and will appeal to fans of Arthur Ransom's
Swallows and Amazons, which it inspired.
Trade ReviewI loved the direct first-person narrative in the clear, forthright tones of Oswald Bastable Jacqueline Wilson If Britain is to children's fantasy as Brazil is to football, then Edith Nesbit is our Pele - endlessly surprising and inventive. But she is more than that. There were fantasy writers before Edith Nesbit but she is the one that brought the magical and the mundane together in a moment of nuclear fusion. She opened the door in the magic wardrobe, pointed the way to platform nine and three quarters. She even had a hand in building the Tardis. And these are among her minor achievements. She is also simply the funniest writer we have ever had, while being the one who could most easily and sweetly break your heart with a phrase. Just try saying "Daddy oh my Daddy" without catching your breath. She made the magic worlds feel as near as the Lewisham Road and she bathed the Lewisham Road in magic -- Frank Cottrell-Boyce I love E. Nesbit Neil Gaiman
