The extraordinary life of e nesbit book 1
Imagine being one of the most well loved children s authors of all time yet your readers don t know if you re a man or a woman Or even your real name E Nesbit is really Edith Nesbit who wrote an extraordinary 98 novels plays and poetry collections for children and adults between 1885 and 1923 She is credited as the first modern writer for children whose work has influenced authors from Oscar Wilde to C. Pdf the extraordinary life of e nesbitt summary K Rowling Even though it was published than 100 years ago The Railway Children remains one of the most popular children s books ever written and it has never been out of print But for Edith the truth of her life is stranger than her fiction and it s a truth she was keen to hide from the public Edith s father died when she was four resulting in a peripatetic childhood across Europe At 21 years old she was seven months pregnant when she married a penniless libertine who became a famous journalist Hubert Bland Together as early socialists they were founding members of the Fabian Society from which the Labour Party has its foundations A Bohemian and an eccentric Edith became a mother of five children two of whom she adopted in secret after her husband had an affair with a close friend who subsequently lived with them as their housekeeper It was shortly after the sudden death of her beloved son that Edith wrote her first bestseller in 1899 a groundbreaker that dramatically changed the course of children s literature On the eve of World War I Edith s husband died and she married a captain of the Woolwich Ferry A cheerful cockney sparrow Tommy Tucker proved to be Edith s unwitting romantic hero who loved and cherished her until she died in near poverty on the Romney Marshes of Kent The Extraordinary Life of E Nesbit Author of Five Children and It and The Railway Children
I am not a huge lover of biographies but after discovering E Nesbit s children s novels just a few years ago and devouring them I wanted to learn about the woman behind the charming stories. Epub the extraordinary life of e nesbite pdf The biography was well done and interesting Galvin was able to weave a story of Nesbit s life with a strong theme throughout including many primary source quotes Although it seems Nesbit s children and acquaintances often had conflicting views of her Galvin portrays these varied accounts with a level hand She also includes a few chapters of Nesbit s literary legacy at the end of the book along with some photographs although I d admittedly prefer photographs sprinkled throughout the story rather than the small collection at the end: Pdf the extraordinary life of e nesbitt book I enjoyed the book although Nesbit s idealized families in her childrens books are very different from her real family which brings some sadness when rereading her stories English.