ISBN: 0333290631
Author: E. Nesbit
Language: English
Publisher: Macmillan and Co, Limited; Facsimile Ed edition (1980)
Pages: 352
Category: Contemporary
Subcategory: Literature
Rating: 4.9
Votes: 187
Size Fb2: 1799 kb
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So the Hippogriff was entirely its own master as far as the choiceof where it was to go was concerned.
So the Hippogriff was entirely its own master as far as the choiceof where it was to go was concerned. It tossed its white mane aftercircling three times between air and sky, made straight for mayn't-go. Here, you,get back to Polistopolis as fast as you can. See? Please, I mean,' sheadded, and then she spoke the magic word. Philip was peeping through the bushes close by, and he heard that magicword (I dare not tell you what it is) and he saw for the first time theface of the Pretenderette. And he trembled and shivered in his bushylurking-place.
I know what book it's out of too. And if the whole story got outof the book we're all right. A vast silence settled on the city, and next moment Lucy alsoslept. It took her some time to find the keeper of the padlock ke. . Only we shall go on for ages and climb outat last, three days' journey from Trieste. I see,' said Lucy, and added that she hated geography. It took her some time to find the keeper of the padlock key, and whenshe had found him he refused to use it.
This book is dedicated. Well hall, eltham, kent, 1910.
Author of'The would-be-goods,' 'The amulet,' etc. Etc. With illustrations by h. r. millar. Macmillan and c. limited st. martin's street, london 1910. Page 328 Frontispiece. Three days later Mr. Noah arrived by elephant. This book is dedicated. Chapter I page the beginning 1. Chapter II deliverer or destroyer 30. Chapter III lost 65. Chapter IV the dragon-slayer 94.
The story, and the substory about the boy making friends with his new step-sister, doesn't bring much that's new. But the magic of Nesbit's writing is in the light, good-natured feel of her writing, and that's present here in full force.
Эдит Несбит The Magic City. Chapter I the beginning. Philip Haldane and his sister lived in a little red-roofed house in a little red-roofed town. Helen laughed, and instantly felt a stiffening withdrawal of her brother from her arm. 'No, no, my Pippin, dear,' she made haste to say.
I found this after hunting around for E. Nesbit books I might have missed. Her writing differs from George Macdonald and William Morris; it's more relatable and light hearted. Her influence on later writers like C. S. Lewis can be seen particularly well in 'The Magic City'; one of the main characters, for example, is named Lucy.
Read various fiction books with us in our e-reader. Wonderful, captivating children story. Feeling lonely after being abandoned by his newly married elder sister Helen, Philip tries to adjust to a new life and entertain himself. He builds a city inside. a house – from books, blocks and other stuff he played wit. nd one day Pip finds himself inside this magic city. Citizens told him that there had been a prophesy of two newcomers – the Deliverer and the Destroyer.
Author of 'The would be goods,' 'The amulet,' etc. martin's street, london 1910 And. Stephen chant.
She wrote or collaborated on more than 60 books of children's literature. She was also a political activist and co-founded the Fabian Society, a socialist organisation later affiliated to the Labour Party.
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