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The Story of the Amulet
The Story of the Amulet
The Story of the Amulet
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The Story of the Amulet

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A wonderful sequel to the much-loved 'five children and it', this version has been specially formatted for today's e-readers. Following their rediscovery of 'it' in a pet shop in Camden Town, the children find themsleves on another magic adventure, this time trying to find the other half of a magic amulet...
LanguageEnglish
PublisherAUK Classics
Release dateJul 6, 2011
ISBN9781849894678
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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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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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    This time the children from "Five Children and It" and "The Phoenix and the Carpet" are traveling through time with the help of a magic amulet. As always, E. Nesbit is a wonderful storyteller, and the children's adventures are interesting and amusing. They travel back 8000 years, visit Babylon, see the destruction of Atlantis, meet Julius Caesar, as well as other adventures, all in order to get their heart's desire, which was the quick return of their parents from a trip away from home. A lovely book.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Featuring the "Five Children" from The Five Children and It. A childhood favorite, I have reread this book at least a half dozen times. Pretty much everything by E. Nesbit is worth a look or three.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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    Of all Nesbit's book, I think the Five Children series (Five Children and It, The Phoenix and the Carpet, The Story of the Amulet) are among my favorites, second only to The Magic City.

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