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    The Magic World
    The Magic World
    The Magic World
    Audiobook7 hours

    The Magic World

    Written by Edith Nesbit

    Narrated by Edith Harson

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    The Magic World shows us the worlds of 12 incredible fantasy stories: The Cat-hood of Maurice (a boy abuses the family cat, and learns to see things from the feline point of view), The Mixed Mine (two boys find a magic spyglass, and use it to make their fortunes), Accidental Magic (Quentin falls asleep on the altarstone at Stonehenge, and wakes in Atlantis), The Princess and the Hedge-pig (King Ozymandias and Queen Eliza plan a secret christening for their Princess Ozyliza, to avoid a wicked fairy's curse), Septimus Septimusson (he is the seventh son of a seventh son, who can see fairies and hear the beasts speak), The White Cat (a boy finds a china ornament in the attic - a magic talisman), Belinda and Bellamant, Justnowland, The Related Muff, The Aunt and Amabel, Kenneth and the Carp & The Magician's Heart. These stories had the massive influence on J. R. R. Tolkien and have been the inspiration for C. S. Lewis's first Narnia novel, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMusaicum Books
    Release dateJun 1, 2019
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    Edith Nesbit

    Edith Nesbit (1858-1924) was an English writer of children’s literature. Born in Kennington, Nesbit was raised by her mother following the death of her father—a prominent chemist—when she was only four years old. Due to her sister Mary’s struggle with tuberculosis, the family travelled throughout England, France, Spain, and Germany for years. After Mary passed, Edith and her mother returned to England for good, eventually settling in London where, at eighteen, Edith met her future husband, a bank clerk named Hubert Bland. The two—who became prominent socialists and were founding members of the Fabian Society—had a famously difficult marriage, and both had numerous affairs. Nesbit began her career as a poet, eventually turning to children’s literature and publishing around forty novels, story collections, and picture books. A contemporary of such figures of Lewis Carroll and Kenneth Grahame, Nesbit was notable as a writer who pioneered the children’s adventure story in fiction. Among her most popular works are The Railway Children (1906) and The Story of the Amulet (1906), the former of which was adapted into a 1970 film, and the latter of which served as a profound influence on C.S. Lewis’ Narnia series. A friend and mentor to George Bernard Shaw and H.G. Wells, Nesbit’s work has inspired and entertained generations of children and adults, including such authors as J.K. Rowling, Noël Coward, and P.L. Travers.

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