E. Nesbit 3 hr 28 min read

The four children rescue a captive mermaid, and are drawn down into her undersea kingdom, into a war between the sea-people and the villainous Under Folk, and among the living heroes of Book-land.

E. Nesbit's 1913 novel is a delightful classic of children's fantasy. Witty, inventive, warm. Read it for a charming late Nesbit adventure, an underwater kingdom, a mermaid rescue, and a battle joined by beloved characters escaped from books, from a founding master of children's fantasy whose blend of magic and everyday life shaped the whole genre.

In its time

Published in 1913, during the 1910s, lost worlds and interplanetary adventure.

Reading it

3 hr 28 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).

Illustrated by

H. R. Millar