E. Nesbit 4 hr 51 min read

Jerry, Jimmy, and Kathleen find a princess asleep in an enchanted castle, or so it seems, and a magic ring that grants wishes with alarming, unpredictable literalness.

E. Nesbit's 1907 novel is a masterpiece of children's fantasy, blending the everyday and the magical. Witty, inventive, subtly profound. Read it for classic Nesbit, three children, a wish-granting ring that never does quite what they intend, and a real enchantment that turns wonderful and eerie by turns.

In its time

Published in 1907, during the 1900s, the scientific romance.

Reading it

4 hr 51 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).