The Extraordinary Life of E Nesbit: Author of Five Children and It and The Railway Children by Galvin, Elisabeth - 11/16/2018 12:00:01

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Barnsley: Pen & Sword History, 2018. Imagine being one of the most well-loved children s authors of all time, yet your readers don t know if you re a man or a woman. Or even your real name. E. Nesbit is really Edith Nesbit, who wrote an extraordinary 98 novels, plays and poetry collections for children and adults between 1885 and 1923. She is credited as the first modern writer for children whose work has influenced authors from Oscar Wilde to C.S. Lewis, Noël Coward to J.K. Rowling. Even though it was published more than 100 years ago, The Railway Children remains one of the most popular children s books ever written and it has never been out of print. But for Edith, the truth of her life is stranger than her fiction and it s a truth she was keen to hide from the public. Edith s father died when she was four, resulting in a peripatetic childhood across Europe. At 21 years old she was seven months pregnant when she married a penniless libertine who became a famous journalist, Hubert Bland. Together… Read More

Pen & Sword, 2018. Hardcover. New. 182 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.00 inches.