- Fiction, Fairies, Wishes, Brothers and sisters
Haven't you ever thought what you would wish for if you were granted three wishes? In Nesbit's delightful classic, five siblings find a creature that grants their wishes, but as the old saying goes: be careful what you wish for, it might come true...
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Classical in form, warm, effortless and resolved.
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- effortlessdemanding
- resolvedopen-ended
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- Author
- Edith Nesbit
- First published
- 1905
- Pages
- 150
- Publisher
- Barnes & Noble Press, Chun feng wen yi chu ban she, General Books LLC
- Editions
- 950
- Language
- und, Polish, English, German
- ISBN
- 9798716203631
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“The house was three miles from the station, but, before the dusty hired fly had rattled along for five minutes, the children began to put their heads out of the carriage window and to say, "Aren't we nearly there?"”
Edith Nesbit (married name Edith Bland) was an English author and poet; she published her books for children under the name of E. Nesbit.
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