Do you believe in magic? Caroline, Charles and Charlotte do, and nothing
that happens during their summer holiday at their great uncle's house
does anything to diminish that belief. There the Three C.'s find a
wonderful garden and some very old books, resulting in escapades which
do not necessarily please the grown-ups.
Edith Nesbit, as usual, transports us back to the hazy summer days of a
well-to-do Edwardian childhood, liberally spiced with magic, humour and
lessons learned.
As Gore Vidal once wrote: "...though a reading of E. Nesbit is hardly
going to change the pattern of a nation, there is some evidence that the
child who reads her will never be quite the same again, and that is
probably a good thing."
Published more than 100 years ago, this is one of Nesbit's least-known
children's books, out of print for many years but now it is finally
back.
Illustrated.
Pages: 248
ISBN: 9781329375222
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