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The Enchanted Castle: A Quick Read edition

The Enchanted Castle: A Quick Read edition

by Quick Read and E. Nesbit
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 26/04/2024
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Discover a new way to read classics with Quick Read.

This Quick Read edition includes both the full text and a summary for each chapter.

- Reading time of the complete text: about 6 hours

- Reading time of the summarized text: 15 minutes


"The Enchanted Castle" is a children's fantasy novel by Edith Nesbit, first published in 1907. The story follows three children, Jerry, Jimmy, and Kathy, as they stumble upon a magical country estate during their school holidays. They encounter a "princess" who claims the castle is full of magic, but is later revealed to be the housekeeper's niece. The children discover a magic ring that grants wishes, leading to unexpected and sometimes chaotic results due to imprecise wishes. The novel blends children's imaginative play with a more subdued form of magic compared to Nesbit's other works. In 1979, the BBC adapted "The Enchanted Castle" into a TV miniseries, and it has since been released on DVD in Australia. The book is available in the public domain through various platforms, including Standard Ebooks, Project Gutenberg, and as a LibriVox audiobook.

ISBN:
9782385823009
9782385823009
Category:
General fiction (Children's / Teenage)
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
26-04-2024
Language:
English
Publisher:
​QuickRead
E. Nesbit

Edith Nesbit was born in 1858. Her father died when she was only three and so her family moved all over England. Poverty was something she had known first hand, both as a child and as a young married woman with small children. Like the Railway Childrens' Mother, she was forced to try and sell her stories and poems to editors.

Her first children's book, The Treasure Seekers, was published in 1899. She also wrote Five Children and It but her most famous story is The Railway Children which was first published in 1905 and it hasn't been out of print since.

Edith Nesbit was a lady ahead of her time - she cut her hair short, which was considered a very bold move in Victorian times, and she was a founding member of a group that worked towards improvements in politics and society called The Fabian Society. She died in 1924.

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