The Enchanted Castle - Nesbit, E.

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Résumé :
This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. We havent used any OCR or photocopy to produce this book. The whole book has been typeset again to produce it without any errors or poor pictures and errant marks.

Biographie:
Edith Nesbit (1858-1924) was an English author and poet well renowned for her children's stories. She published more than 60 books, numerous short stories, and several collaborative works using the shortened name E. Nesbit. She also co-wrote with her husband under the pseudonym Fabian Bland. Her first children's book, The Story of the Treasure Seekers, was published in 1899 and was followed up by children's classics such as Five Children and It (1902), The Story of the Amulet (1906), and The Railway Children (1906). Her children's stories were well known for their slice-of-life settings, strong female characters, and their commentary on issues such as poverty and social inequality. Edith Nesbit passed away in 1924 at the age of 65, though her many beloved stories remain influential and continue to inspire children and adults alike....

Sommaire:
Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman (1864-1922) was born Elizabeth Jane Cochran in Pennsylvania, USA. Better known by her pen name, Nellie Bly, the journalist's most famous works include the account of her record-breaking world trip, Around the World in Seventy-Two Days, and her mental institution expos?, Ten Days in a Mad-House, in which she went undercover to reveal the truth about the conditions of asylums. Bly was a pioneering writer, introducing the trend of stunt girl reporting....