Edith Nesbit Man Size In Marble

Author : E Nesbit
Publisher : Machine Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Man Size In Marble by E Nesbit Pdf

Life has taken a sudden interior turn but the literature of the lockdown may have already been written. A century ago writers throughout the supposedly civilised world realised their once familiar, domestic world had changed profoundly and began to describe it in singular unsettling ways. The best word for what they found and how they described it is the German one ‘unheimlich’ whereby the familiar or homely is suddenly strange; a unique word for which we have in English the unsatisfactory ‘uncanny’. In his essay of 1919, Freud used the word ‘unheimlich’ to describe the disquieting, unsettling short fiction of his time. As has been noted by the critic Mark Fisher and others however, he structured his inquiry into the unheimlich on the stories themselves, unable to create a theory which superseded them. These stories have endured. We have collected together the best of them — the funny, the horrific and the simply disturbing — to offer insight and commentary on the strange world we have been living in. E Nesbitt’s ghost story is elevated from the thousands that were published in popular magazines such as the Strand in the early 20th century by the way she places a barely-competent middle class couple in a situation frighteningly beyond their depth.

Author : Edith Nesbit
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1976381592

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Man-Size in Marble by Edith Nesbit Pdf

Man-Size in Marble by Edith Nesbit

Author : Edith Nesbit
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 107205146X

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Man Size In Marble by Edith Nesbit Pdf

A gripping tale of suspense and terror which show a very different side of this famous children's book author, best-known for her Edwardian fantasies.

Author : Edith Nesbit
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1537303392

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Edith Nesbit - Man-Size in Marble by Edith Nesbit Pdf

When a young pair of newlyweds settle down into a small cottage in a quiet village, they look forward to a pleasant, pastoral life of domestic bliss The husband, a practical man, dismisses the superstitious maid's tale of an ancient curse about the local church's marble statues who come to life each year on All Saint's Eve to wreak revenge. But then, on the fateful night, he discovers that the stone slabs on which the knights rest are empty Is his young brid in peril?A gripping tale of suspense and terror which show a very different side of this famous children's book author, best-known for her Edwardian fantasies Highlighted by 12 striking black-and-white drawing.

Author : E. Nesbit
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2023-11-17
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547653103

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The Story of the Amulet by E. Nesbit Pdf

E. Nesbit's 'The Story of the Amulet' is a timeless classic and the final book in the 'Five Children and It' series. Filled with magical adventures and ancient Egyptian mysteries, the book follows the four siblings as they embark on a journey through time and space with the help of a magical amulet. Nesbit's narrative style is engaging and imaginative, blending elements of fantasy with historical fiction to create an enchanting story that captivates readers of all ages. The novel presents themes of friendship, courage, and the power of imagination, making it a must-read for anyone interested in children's literature and storytelling traditions.

Author : Edith Nesbit
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2008-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1409905489

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Man-Size in Marble, and the Ebony Frame (Dodo Press) by Edith Nesbit Pdf

Edith Nesbit (married name Edith Bland) (1858-1924) was an English author and poet whose children's works were published under the androgynous name of E. Nesbit. She wrote or collaborated on over 60 books of fiction for children, several of which have been adapted for film and television. She started a new genre of magical adventures arising from everyday settings and has been much imitated. She was also a political activist and co-founded the Fabian Society, a precursor to the modern Labour Party. Nesbit's books for children are known for being entertaining without turning didactic, although some of her earlier works, notably Five Children and It (1902) and even more so The Story of the Amulet (1906), veer in that direction. Among Nesbit's best-known books are The Story of the Treasure Seekers (1898), The Wouldbegoods (1899) and The Railway Children (1906). Other works include The Phoenix and the Carpet (1904), The Enchanted Castle (1907) and The Magic City (1910).

Author : Edith Nesbit
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1910-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781465560032

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The Incomplete Amorist by Edith Nesbit Pdf

Author : Edith Nesbit
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9788027221448

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THE MAGIC CITY (Illustrated Edition) by Edith Nesbit Pdf

After Philip's older sister and sole family member Helen marries, he goes off to live with his new step sister Lucy. He has trouble adjusting at first, thrown into a world different from his previous life and abandoned by his sister while she is on her honeymoon. To entertain himself he builds a giant model city from things around the house: game pieces, books, blocks, bowls, etc. Then through some magic he finds himself inside the city, and it is alive with the people he has populated it with. Edith Nesbit (1858-1924) was the author of world famous books for children - the tales of fantastical adventures, journeys back in time and travel to magical worlds.

Author : Edith Nesbit
Publisher : Lindhardt og Ringhof
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788726880472

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Grim Tales by Edith Nesbit Pdf

A short horror story collection titled "Grim Tales" is exactly what you would expect from an author named Edith Bland, but her pen name E. Nesbit has quite another reputation so don't let that scare you. Hopefully you can leave that to the stories. Well-versed in the realms of fantasy and magical kingdoms as a children's author, E. Nesbit has a knack for the supernatural, which she tackles here in seven fantastical tales. Take "The Ebony Frame" for example – a story about a man enchanted by a beautiful woman in a painting in his attic (no relation to "The Picture of Dorian Gray" aside from the incredibly obvious), or "Man-Size in Marble", in which, akin to the film "The Conjuring" (2013), a young couple ignore the warnings of buying a new house and spookiness ensues. Short story collections are like houseboats – you're only a page turn or anchor pull away from new friends and a new perspective... or possibly the cold depths of the abyss. And by reading this you're surely in pursuit of the latter? Edith Nesbit (1858 – 1924) (married name Edith Bland) was a prolific English author and poet, writing primarily children's books under the pen name E. Nesbit. Her work often characterized by a mix of realistic settings with fantastical elements, Nesbit went on to influence writers such as C.S. Lewis and J.K. Rowling. Her most notable works include "Five Children and It" (1902) and "The Railway Children" (1906) which have never gone out of print.

Author : Eleanor Fitzsimons
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781683356875

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The Life and Loves of E. Nesbit by Eleanor Fitzsimons Pdf

A Sunday Times Best Book of the Year: The “informative and entertaining” first major biography of the trailblazing, controversial children’s author (The Washington Post). Born in 1858, Edith Nesbit is today considered the first modern writer for children and the inventor of the children’s adventure story. In The Life and Loves of E. Nesbit, award-winning biographer Eleanor Fitzsimons uncovers the little-known details of her life, introducing readers to the Fabian Society cofounder and fabulous socialite who hosted legendary parties and had admirers by the dozen, including George Bernard Shaw. Through Nesbit’s letters and archival research, Fitzsimons reveals “E.” to have been a prolific lecturer and writer on socialism and shows how Nesbit incorporated these ideas into her writing, thereby influencing a generation of children—an aspect of her literary legacy never before examined. Fitzsimons’s riveting biography brings new light to the life and works of this remarkable writer and woman. “Meticulous and invaluable...exceptionally illuminating and detailed.” —The Wall Street Journal “Fitzsimons handily reassembles the hundreds of intricate, idiosyncratic parts of the miraculous E. Nesbit machine.” —The New York Times Book Review “I’ve always loved the work of E. Nesbit—The Railway Children and Five Children and It are my favorites—but I knew nothing about the extraordinary, surprising life of this great figure in children’s literature . . . so gripping that I read [it] in two days.” —Gretchen Rubin, #1 New York Times-bestsellingauthor of The Happiness Project “A charming, lively, and old-fashioned biography . . . highly readable.” —Publishers Weekly “A terrific book.” —Neil Gaiman

Author : E. Nesbit
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780241977231

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Horror Stories by E. Nesbit Pdf

A groom promises to be at the church on time, even if he has to come back from the grave to do it. A man inherits a property where he discovers a portrait of a woman that will change his life forever. Two newlyweds find their dream country cottage, unaware of an ancient curse from the previous owners. A gripping, unsettling and utterly chilling collection of short stories from one of Britain's best loved storytellers.

Author : Richard Wells
Publisher : Unbound Publishing
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781800180611

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Damnable Tales by Richard Wells Pdf

This richly illustrated anthology gathers together classic short stories from masters of supernatural fiction including M. R. James, Sheridan Le Fanu and Arthur Machen, alongside lesser-known voices in the field including Eleanor Scott and Margery Lawrence, and popular writers less bound to the horror genre, such as Thomas Hardy and E. F. Benson. These are damnable tales, selected and beautifully illustrated by Richard Wells. They stalk the moors at night, the deep forests, cornered fields and dusky churchyards, the narrow lanes and old ways of these ancient places, drawing upon the haunted landscapes of folk-horror – a now widely used term first applied to a series of British films from the late 1960s and 1970s: Witchfinder General (1968), Blood on Satan’s Claw (1971), and The Wicker Man (1973). But as this collection shows, writers of uncanny fiction were dabbling in the dark side of folklore long before. These twenty-two stories take the reader beyond the safety and familiarity of the town into the isolated and untamed wilderness. Unholy rites, witches’ curses, sinister village traditions and ancient horrors that lurk within the landscape all combine to remind us that the shiny modern, urban world might not have all the answers...

Author : E. Nesbit
Publisher : BoD - Books on Demand
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9791041807642

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Wet Magic by E. Nesbit Pdf

Wet Magic was the last novel for children published by E. Nesbit. It was originally serialized in The Strand Magazine in 1912, with a book version published in 1913. In the book, four brothers and sisters are on their way to a holiday at the beach. While traveling on a train, they’re excited to read about the purported sighting of a mermaid near the coastal town where they’ll be staying, and agree among themselves to join the hunt for this mythical creature. But when they arrive, they discover that the mermaid has been captured and put on show at a circus at the local fairground. After the older children encounter another mermaid in the sea, who implores them to help, they agree they must do what they can to free the captured one. This leads them on to strange adventures. While Wet Magic has much of Nesbit’s characteristic charm and humor, it doesn’t appear to have been received as well as her other books, nor has it been as frequently reprinted.

Author : Edith Nesbit
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2015-12-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1522975055

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Man-Size in Marble and Others by Edith Nesbit Pdf

Most famous as a children's book writer who influenced J.K. Rowling, C.S. Lewis, and P.L. Travers, Edith Nesbit has a second, darker reputation as the writer of some of the English language's most powerful supernatural horror. Nesbit's writing is absolutely crisp, evocative, and touching, and her legacy as both a children's writer and a master of horror is well deserved, if not far overdue. The stories in this book can best be described as raw - emotionally wringing, cruel, and richly ironic - but they are at times very tender, even in the harshest of her stories. While her worldview is largely cynical - at times even Lovecraftian - there is no doubt that at the core of her horror beats a heart - tremendously bruised, horribly misused, and shamefully denied a voice. But Nesbit's tales give voice to that heart, and its fleshy beat can be detected in an intensely intimate manner. Her stories are rife with predatory statues, demon lovers, ghostly sex, supernatural tragedies, unstoppable premonitions, haunted cars, weird tales, dark science fiction, haunted paintings, blood-sucking plants, maddening wax museum sleep overs, gothic farces, mad scientists, and brilliant, literary ghost stories that rival Henry James, Edith Wharton, and Charles Dickens. So as you turn this page and step into Nesbit's universe, anticipate a world of painful loss, anticipate a world of emotional vulnerability, and anticipate a world of hate, jealousy, love, affection, anxiety, guilt, and fragile hope - anticipate a world of terror and dread, of sex, violence, anticipate a world of supernatural aggression, predatory spirits, and intimate horror - anticipate the world of Edith Nesbit.

Author : Rex Collings
Publisher : Wordsworth Editions
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 184022066X

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Classic Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories by Rex Collings Pdf

This is a book to be read by a blazing fire on a winter's night, with the curtains drawn close and the doors securely locked. The unquiet souls of the dead, both as fictional creations and as 'real' apparitions, roam the pages of this haunting selection of ghost stories by Rex Collings. Some of these stories are classics while others are lesser-known gems unearthed from this vintage era of tales of the supernatural. There are stories from distant lands - 'Fisher's Ghost' by John Lang is set in Australia and 'A Ghostly Manifestation' by 'A Clergyman' is set in Calcutta. In this selection, Sir Walter Scott (a Victorian in spirit if not in fact), keeps company with Edgar Allen Poe, Sheridan Le Fanu and other illustrious masters of the genre.