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E. Nesbit

Lifespan
1858 – 1924
Nationality
British
Active
1893 – 1913
Works held
13

E. Nesbit (1858–1924) transformed children's literature by dropping magic into the ordinary lives of real, believable children. Five Children and It, The Phoenix and the Carpet and The Story of the Amulet created the template of everyday fantasy adventure that runs through Edward Eager, C. S. Lewis and J. K. Rowling. A founder of the socialist Fabian Society and an unconventional figure, she also wrote the enduring realist classic The Railway Children.

The works

  1. 1913
    Cover of Wet Magic Wet Magic
  2. 1912
    Cover of The Magic World The Magic World
  3. 1910
    Cover of The Magic City The Magic City
  4. 1908
    Cover of The House of Arden: A Story for Children The House of Arden: A Story for Children
  5. 1907
    Cover of The Enchanted Castle The Enchanted Castle Cover of The Enchanted Castle The Enchanted Castle
  6. 1906
    Cover of The Story of the Amulet The Story of the Amulet
  7. 1905
    Cover of Five Children and It Five Children and It
  8. 1904
    Cover of The Phoenix and the Carpet The Phoenix and the Carpet
  9. 1902
    Cover of Five Children and It Five Children and It
  10. 1901
    Cover of Nine Unlikely Tales Nine Unlikely Tales
  11. 1900
    Cover of The Book of Dragons The Book of Dragons
  12. 1893
    Cover of Grim Tales Grim Tales

Wrote across

1890s1900s1910s

Recurring themes

FantasyJuvenileTime TravelHorror

Kindred authors shared themes

Alexandre DumasAnonymousE. F. BensonE. T. A. HoffmannEdmond HamiltonFergus HumeFrances Hodgson BurnettFrank Belknap Long

Contemporaries writing in the same era

H. G. WellsL. Frank BaumEdgar Rice BurroughsLuis SenarensLord DunsanyAlgernon BlackwoodJohn Kendrick BangsJack LondonVictor AppletonWilliam Morris

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