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E. Nesbit was born in Surrey in 1858. A world-famous children's author, her works include The Railway Children and Five Children and It. She also wrote several works of fiction for adults. With her husband, Hubert Bland, she was one of the founding members of the socialist Fabian Society; their household became a centre of the socialist and literary circles of the times. She died in 1924.
She, of all the writers I have ever read, has given me over the years the most complete satisfaction -- Noel Coward She had an economy of phrase, and an unparalleled talent for evoking hot summer days in the English countryside -- Noel Streatfield A charming and brilliantly entertaining novel... shot through with the light-hearted Nesbit touch -- Penelope Lively, from the introduction To come upon any Nesbit today, hitherto unread, ...is like receiving a letter from a friend whom you have believed dead * New York Times * A wry, charming delight of a book * The Pool *
