7 best short stories by Edith Nesbit

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Author: Edith Nesbit, E. Nesbit ISBN: 9788577771882
Publisher: Tacet Books Publication: May 15, 2019
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Edith Nesbit, E. Nesbit
ISBN: 9788577771882
Publisher: Tacet Books
Publication: May 15, 2019
Imprint:
Language: English

According to her biographer, Julia Briggs, E. Nesbit was "the first modern writer for children": Nesbit "helped to reverse the great tradition of children's literature inaugurated by Lewis Carroll, George MacDonald and Kenneth Grahame, in turning away from their secondary worlds to the tough truths to be won from encounters with things-as-they-are, previously the province of adult novels." Briggs also credits Nesbit with having invented the children's adventure story. 
This selection chosen by the critic **August Nemo **contains the following stories:

  • The Ebony Frame
  • John Charrington's Wedding
  • Uncle Abraham's Romance
  • The Mystery Of The Semi-Detached
  • From The Dead
  • Man-Size In Marble
  • The Mass For The Dead
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According to her biographer, Julia Briggs, E. Nesbit was "the first modern writer for children": Nesbit "helped to reverse the great tradition of children's literature inaugurated by Lewis Carroll, George MacDonald and Kenneth Grahame, in turning away from their secondary worlds to the tough truths to be won from encounters with things-as-they-are, previously the province of adult novels." Briggs also credits Nesbit with having invented the children's adventure story. 
This selection chosen by the critic **August Nemo **contains the following stories:

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