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English author and poet (1858–1924)
Nesbit (married name Edith Bland; 15 August 1858 – 4 May 1924) was an English writer and poet, who published her books for children and others as E. Nesbit
E._Nesbit
Subgenre of fantasy fiction defined by a "mundane" setting
than allowed in the real world. Since being popularised in the works of E. Nesbit, the "low/portal variety" of fantasy has become a staple for its facility
Low_fantasy
American model and actress (1884–1967)
Florence Evelyn Nesbit (December 25, 1884 or 1885 – January 17, 1967) was an American model, Broadway actress, writer, sculptor, and silent film star.
Evelyn_Nesbit
English author
Rosamund Edith Nesbit Bland (1886–1950) was an English author and the adopted daughter of Edith Nesbit. She was the author of the novel The Man in the
Rosamund_Edith_Nesbit_Bland
2024 British television ghost story
Ballance and written and directed by Mark Gatiss, it is an adaptation of E. Nesbit's short story "Man-Size in Marble". A couple receive a warning from their
Woman_of_Stone
Book by A. S. Byatt novel
through World War I. Loosely based upon the life of children's writer E. Nesbit there are secrets slowly revealed that show that the families are much
The_Children's_Book
Northern Irish actor (born 1965)
the law". The Times (Times Newspapers). Retrieved 17 January 2025. Dickson, E. Jane (3–9 May 2008). "Of Muck and Men". Radio Times (BBC Magazines): pp. 22–23
James_Nesbitt
Topics referred to by the same term
Nesbit may refer to: E. Nesbit (Edith Nesbit) (1858–1924), English author and poet Bryson Nesbit (born 2002), American football player Evelyn Nesbit (1884–1967)
Nesbit
1972-73 British television miniseries
figures who have a single episode devoted to each are Horatio Bottomley; E. Nesbit; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Robert Baden-Powell; Marie Lloyd; Daisy Greville
The Edwardians (anthology series)
The_Edwardians_(anthology_series)
1904 fantasy novel by E. Nesbit
Phoenix and the Carpet is a fantasy novel for children. It is written by E. Nesbit and first published in 1904. It is the second in a trilogy of novels that
The_Phoenix_and_the_Carpet
1899 novel by E. Nesbit
The Story of the Treasure Seekers is a novel by E. Nesbit first published in 1899. It tells the story of Dora, Oswald, Dicky, Alice, Noel, and Horace
The Story of the Treasure Seekers
The_Story_of_the_Treasure_Seekers
Legendary creature
The hippogriff appears in various works of fantasy, such as works of E. Nesbit, E. R. Eddison's The Worm Ouroboros (1922) and a poem written for Mrs Angie
Hippogriff
Short story by E. Nesbit
"Man-Size in Marble" is a short story by the English writer E. Nesbit, first published in Home Chimes in December 1887. Set in the English village of
Man-Size_in_Marble
English actor (born 1974)
(2012), the second episode of a five-part series titled Ghost Stories of E Nesbit. 2013's three-part radio drama, commissioned by BBC Radio 4, saw Menzies
Tobias_Menzies
1991 British TV series or programme
and Francis Wright, and is based on the novel Five Children and It by E. NesbitCite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page)
Five Children and It (TV series)
Five_Children_and_It_(TV_series)
2000 television film directed by Catherine Morshead
Railway Children is a 2000 drama television film based on the 1906 novel by E. Nesbit. It was broadcast for the first time in the United Kingdom on 23 April
The Railway Children (2000 film)
The_Railway_Children_(2000_film)
1906 children's novel by Edith Nesbit
Amulet is a novel for children, written in 1906 by the English author Edith Nesbit. It is the final part of a trilogy of novels and is preceded byFive Children
The_Story_of_the_Amulet
1899 novel by E. Nesbit
The Wouldbegoods is a novel by E. Nesbit first published in 1901. It tells the story of Dora, Oswald, Dicky, Alice, Noel, and Horace Octavius (H. O.)
The_Wouldbegoods
2012 novel by Jacqueline Wilson
contemporary response to the classic 1902 book Five Children and It by E. Nesbit. Rosalind and Robbie are staying with their father, David, his wife, Alice
Four_Children_and_It
2020 film by Andy De Emmony
2012 novel Four Children and It by Jacqueline Wilson, which is based on E. Nesbit's 1902 novel Five Children and It. The film stars Paula Patton, Matthew
Four_Kids_and_It
1950 children's novel by C. S. Lewis
about completing a children's book he had begun "in the tradition of E. Nesbit". After this conversation, not much happened until the beginning of the
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The_Lion,_the_Witch_and_the_Wardrobe
1902 children's novel
Five Children and It is a fantasy children's novel by English author E. Nesbit. It was originally published in 1902 in the Strand Magazine under the general
Five_Children_and_It
British magical order (1887–1903)
Golden Dawn W. B. Yeats (1865–1939), Irish poet, dramatist and writer. E. Nesbit (1858–1924), English author and political activist. According to biographer
Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
Hermetic_Order_of_the_Golden_Dawn
1906 novel by Edith Nesbit
The Railway Children is a children's book by Edith Nesbit. Originally serialised in The London Magazine in thirteen instalments from January 1905 to January
The_Railway_Children
Room for infants or small children
portrayals of nurseries abound, for example in the writings of Kipling and E. Nesbit, in the 1964 live-action and animated films Mary Poppins and Peter Pan
Nursery_(room)
Traditional English pub game
likeness of Paul von Hindenburg (described above) as a "wooden Aunt Sally". E. Nesbit, in Chapter VIII of the children's book Five Children and It (1902), describes
Aunt_Sally
List of fairy tales Lists of books Lists of fictional characters by work Nesbit, Eva Marie. "Classic novels". Cullinan & Person 2003. pp. 171–175. Silvey
List of children's classic books
List_of_children's_classic_books
Fictional character
Land Leviathan, and The Steel Tsar, and appears in other stories. E. (Edith) Nesbit created a character named Oswald Bastable and his five siblings in
Oswald_Bastable
Topics referred to by the same term
Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel's Legacy series. "Melisande," a short story by E. Nesbit. Melisande! What Are Dreams?, a 2012 novel by Hillel Halkin. Pelléas and
Melisande
Name list
Sahara Anthea is one of the main characters in the Psammead trilogy by E. Nesbit Anthea in 2023 superhero film Shazam! Fury of the Gods, played by Rachel
Anthea
Collection of related stories featuring similar narrative elements
Walter Scott's Waverly Novels, which begun in 1814 with Waverley. Before E. Nesbit, she also identifies other British authors of series fiction, such as
Series_fiction
1910 book by E. Nesbit
The Magic City is a children's book by E. Nesbit, first published in 1910. It initially appeared as a serial in The Strand Magazine, with illustrations
The_Magic_City_(novel)
Japanese anime television series
is based on the 1902 novel Five Children and It by English author Edith Nesbit. The anime differs from the novel in revolving around four children rather
Onegai!_Samia-don
American children's and theatrical writer (1911–1964)
his own young son. In his books, Eager often acknowledges his debt to E. Nesbit, whom he thought of as the best children's author of all time. Eager died
Edward_Eager
1908 book by E. Nesbit
House of Arden is a novel for children written by the English author E. Nesbit and published in 1908. A boy named Edred Arden inherits the title of Lord
The_House_of_Arden
2004 film by John Stephenson
It is a 2004 family fantasy-comedy-drama adventure film adaptation of E. Nesbit's 1902 novel Five Children and It, which features live action and computer
Five_Children_and_It_(film)
British actress (born 1935)
Favor and Kill Me) Faith Wheeler Television film 1972 The Edwardians E. Nesbit Television miniseries 1974 Alice Through the Looking-Glass Red Queen 1974
Judy_Parfitt
2015 novel by Katherine Woodfine
inspired by Katherine's love of classic children's adventure stories, E. Nesbit, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Enid Blyton and Nancy Drew. Orphaned and impoverished
The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow
The_Mystery_of_the_Clockwork_Sparrow
2022 film sequel directed by Morgan Matthews
is a sequel to the 1970 film The Railway Children, itself based on the E. Nesbit novel of the same name. The film stars Jenny Agutter, Sheridan Smith,
The_Railway_Children_Return
Children's book series by Grace James
tradition in children's literature, following on from similar works by E. Nesbit and Arthur Ransome. The stories are set mainly in the Berkshire countryside
John_and_Mary
Romantic relationship with three partners
and they lived together for over 25 years until his death. The author E. Nesbit (1858–1924) lived with her husband Hubert Bland and his mistress Alice
Ménage_à_trois
Musical artist
was inspired by the 1901 novel The Wouldbegoods, by children's author E. Nesbit On her first album, released on the él label, Griffin had no band of her
Would-Be-Goods
1970 film by Lionel Jeffries
British family drama film based on the 1906 novel of the same name by E. Nesbit. The film was directed by Lionel Jeffries and stars Dinah Sheridan, Jenny
The Railway Children (1970 film)
The_Railway_Children_(1970_film)
British publishing company
Olive Schreiner, W. B. Yeats, Ford Madox Ford, Sigmund Freud, Ouida and E. Nesbit. T. Fisher Unwin employed a "skilful team" including Edward Garnett as
T._Fisher_Unwin
1907 book by Edith Nesbit
The Enchanted Castle is a children's fantasy novel by Edith Nesbit first published in 1907. The enchanted castle of the title is a country estate in the
The_Enchanted_Castle
Brand of fish glue
character is described as having a cigarette "seccotined" to his lip. In the E. Nesbit novel The Story of the Amulet (1906) a broken saucer would never be the
Seccotine_(adhesive)
The Story of the Treasure Seekers, E. Nesbit (1898) Stalky & Co. Rudyard Kipling (1899) The Wouldbegoods, E. Nesbit (1899) Books in the United Kingdom
List of 19th-century British children's literature titles
List_of_19th-century_British_children's_literature_titles
English artist and puppet maker (1928–2018)
ISBN 9780233970714 The Last of the Dragons, E. Nesbit; illustrated by Peter Firmin (Macdonald, 1980) ISBN 9780233970714 Melisande, E. Nesbit; illustrated by Peter Firmin
Peter_Firmin
Legendary carpet used for transportation
issue of Fantastic The Phoenix and the Carpet – 1904 children's novel by E. Nesbit Old Khottabych – 1938 Soviet children's book and later 1956 film with
Magic_carpet
1887 novel by H. Rider Haggard
imagination in E. Nesbit and Rider Haggard". Renascence: 10. Nicholson, Mervyn (Fall 1998). "C.S. Lewis and the scholarship of imagination in E. Nesbit and Rider
She:_A_History_of_Adventure
English screenwriter and playwright (born 1971)
a sequel to the 1970 film, The Railway Children, itself based on the E. Nesbit novel. Brocklehurst has written three award-winning plays, My Eight Times
Danny_Brocklehurst
Term with multiple meanings
Another example, not cited by the OED, is one of the main characters of E. Nesbit's Five Children and It - Jane, nicknamed Pussy by her siblings. The verb
Pussy
1993 British TV series or programme
10 February 1993. It was written by Helen Cresswell and inspired by E. Nesbit's Five Children and It. The story follows four children (George, Ellie
The_Return_of_the_Psammead
British television programme
1997 British serial miniseries based on the book of the same name by E. Nesbit co-produced by HIT Entertainment and the BBC which aired throughout November-December
The Phoenix and the Carpet (1997 serial)
The_Phoenix_and_the_Carpet_(1997_serial)
1942 mystery novel by Agatha Christie
Oswald Bastable, a character in the third book in the Bastable series by E. Nesbit, titled The New Treasure Seekers. The other identifiable prints are Dante
Five_Little_Pigs
English schoolmaster and land surveyor
Anthony Nesbit (1778 – 15 March 1859) was an English schoolmaster and land surveyor. He was the son of Jacob Nesbit, a farmer of Long Benton, near Newcastle
Anthony_Nesbit
Scottish graphic artist and illustrator
Stevenson, and Rudyard Kipling. He had an extensive working relationship with E. Nesbit, and has been called "the most sympathetic and perhaps the most talented
H._R._Millar
English anarchist and member of the Fabian Society
where she became "active in charitable and educational work.". In 1885, E. Nesbit, the Fabian writer and poet described Wilson in a letter to Ada Breakwell
Charlotte_Wilson
British writer
the BBC Radio 4 long-running series The Archers, and has dramatised two E. Nesbit novels (The Magic City and The Story of the Treasure Seekers), as well
Peter_Kerry
1965 children's book by Susan Cooper
contest designed to honour the memory of E. Nesbit. Joel Chaston writes that the contest was "offered by E. Nesbit's publisher, Ernest Benn, for family-adventure
Over_Sea,_Under_Stone
English writer (1841–1885)
the junior level of the Girl Guides. Another admirer of her work was E. Nesbit, herself a prominent children's author. In 1899 a stained-glass window
Juliana_Horatia_Ewing
by E. Nesbit, includes an episode with Julius Caesar on the eve of his invasion of Britain. The Magic City (1910), a children's fantasy novel by E. Nesbit
Cultural depictions of Julius Caesar
Cultural_depictions_of_Julius_Caesar
1996 television film directed by Juliet May
repossessed. It is based on the 1899 novel The Story of the Treasure Seekers by E. Nesbit. Patsy Byrne – Eliza Peter Capaldi – Jellicoe Nigel Davenport – Lord Blackstock
The Treasure Seekers (1996 film)
The_Treasure_Seekers_(1996_film)
Irish artist and children's book illustrator
Dunbar, Joyce. The Raggy Taggy Toys. Nesbit, E. Melisande. "Biography of E. Nesbit 1858—1924". The Edith Nesbit Society. n.d. Retrieved 18 October 2021
P._J._Lynch
English writer and activist (1847–1933)
ISBN 978-0-7190-0783-5. Briggs, Julia (7 November 2000). A Woman of Passion: The Life of E. Nesbit. New Amsterdam Books. p. 81. ISBN 978-1-4616-3622-9. Bevir, Mark (13 December
Annie_Besant
English author, actress and journalist (1960–2023)
Western Front (2014), a contribution to the classic fantasy series that E. Nesbit inaugurated in 1902 with Five Children and It. She was also a contributor
Kate_Saunders
American fantasy and science fiction writer
mother read to him when he was a child, and that he later read to himself: E. Nesbit, The Wind in the Willows, and of course Tolkien. The biggest single influence
Tad_Williams
Fictional place in J. R. R. Tolkien's writings
82. Luling, Virginia (2012). "Going back: time travel in Tolkien and E. Nesbit". Mallorn (53 (Spring 2012)): 30–31. Kullmann & Siepmann 2021, pp. 72–74
Númenor
Short story collection by E. Nesbit
The Magic World is a collection of twelve short stories by E. Nesbit. It was first published in book form in 1912 by Macmillan and Co. Ltd., with illustrations
The_Magic_World
German Nazi politician (1894–1987)
Nesbit & van Acker 2011, pp. 2–3. Rubinstein 2007, p. 140. Nesbit & van Acker 2011, p. 4. Nesbit & van Acker 2011, pp. 4–6. Hess 1987, p. 27. Nesbit &
Rudolf_Hess
English writer and illustrator (1866–1943)
94 also cf. p. 474nn55 Taylor, Artist, Storyteller, pp. 59–61; Elizabeth E. Battrick, (1999) Beatrix Potter: The Unknown Years; Lynn Barber, (1980) The
Beatrix_Potter
Topics referred to by the same term
Seekers, an 1899 novel by E. Nesbit The Treasure Seekers (TV series), a 1961 British TV series, based on the novel by E. Nesbit The Treasure Seekers (1979
The_Treasure_Seekers
English children's writer (1934–2005)
Children and It (1991), using Cresswell's adaptation of the 1902 novel by E. Nesbit. Next year Cresswell's print sequel was published, The Return of the Psammead
Helen_Cresswell
August 3 – Paul Sabatier, French religious writer (died 1928) August 15 – E. Nesbit, English children's author (died 1924) September 15 – Emma Augusta Sharkey
1858_in_literature
Funfair game
Ministry of Fear in 1943, H. G. Wells in The Invisible Man in 1897, by E. Nesbit in The Story of the Treasure Seekers in 1899, and by P.G. Wodehouse in
Coconut_shy
frequently mentions E. Nesbit in interview, citing her "very real" child characters. In 2000, she said, "I think I identify with E Nesbit more than any other
Harry Potter influences and analogues
Harry_Potter_influences_and_analogues
Anglo-Australian author and illustrator (born 1945)
Kenneth Grahame (2004) Dragons and Other Beasts, by Kenneth Grahame and E. Nesbit (2006) The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett (Walker Books, 2008
Inga_Moore
Ethel Mary Granger Bennett E. M. Hull – Edith Maud Hull E. Nesbit – Edith Nesbit E. R. Braithwaite – Edward Ricardo Braithwaite E. S. L. Thompson – Elizabeth
List_of_literary_initials
British socialist organisation founded in 1884
Hubert Bland, Percival Chubb, Frederick Keddell, Henry Hyde Champion, E. Nesbit and Rosamund Dale Owen. Havelock Ellis is sometimes also mentioned as
Fabian_Society
American children's illustrator and writer (born 1953)
Livingston (1990) Strider, Beverly Cleary (1991) The Enchanted Castle, E. Nesbit (1992; orig. 1907) More Rootabagas, posthumous collection by Carl Sandburg
Paul_O._Zelinsky
English children's author (1926–2010)
Awkward Magic (1964) was the first of several fantasies after the manner of E. Nesbit. Beresford struggled as a children's author and freelance journalist in
Elisabeth_Beresford
Dutch children's writer and illustrator (1930–2024)
made illustrations for some other books, including work by Paul Biegel, E. Nesbit, Rosemary Sutcliff, and the novel Elidor by Alan Garner. Throughout the
Tonke_Dragt
have been adopted into many other media/franchises Five Children and It (E. Nesbit) Five Children and It (1902) yes yes yes yes yes yes yes Frankenstein's
List of public domain works with multimedia adaptations
List_of_public_domain_works_with_multimedia_adaptations
Historical period in Britain from 1901 to 1910
Conan Doyle, Joseph Conrad, E. M. Forster, John Galsworthy, Kenneth Grahame, M. R. James, Rudyard Kipling, A. A. Milne, E. Nesbit, Beatrix Potter, Saki, George
Edwardian_era
Element of European folklore
Diana Wynne Jones's Howl's Moving Castle; Evelyn Waugh's The Loved One; E. Nesbit's The Enchanted Castle; George Eliot's The Mill On The Floss. United States
Seven-league_boots
1932 novel by Erich Kästner
the Witch and the Wardrobe, and, earlier, in the 1912 short story by E. Nesbit, "The Aunt and Amabel" — in which a girl enters a magic world through
The 35th of May; or, Conrad's Ride to the South Seas
The_35th_of_May;_or,_Conrad's_Ride_to_the_South_Seas
Painting by George Frederic Watts
71. Warner 1996, p. 11. Tromans 2011, p. 51. Nesbit, Edith (2013). Delphi Complete Novels of E. Nesbit. Delphi Classics. ISBN 978-1-909496-87-3. Retrieved
Hope_(Watts)
Series of paperback editions
of Christ Church, Oxford". 1st Art Gallery. Retrieved 25 August 2025. Nesbit, E. (2007). LiveLib. ISBN 9780140624021. Lawrence, David Herbert (2000).
Penguin_Popular_Classics
Singular, neuter, third-person pronoun in English
which instead of he, she, him, her, who, whom. The children's author E. Nesbit consistently wrote in this manner, often of mixed groups of children:
It_(pronoun)
1907 book by E. Nesbit
Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare is a 1907 collection published by E. Nesbit with the intention of entertaining young readers and retelling William
Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare
Beautiful_Stories_from_Shakespeare
comic Playhour where he drew a comic strip adaptation of E. Nesbit's novel Five Children and It. Look and Learn website search for Henry Seabright v t e
Henry_Seabright
Book by Julia Eccleshare
Italian 1901 8+ Sussi and Biribissi Sussi e Biribissi Collodi Nipote Italian 1902 8+ Five Children and It E. Nesbit H. R. Millar English 1902 8+ Rebecca of
1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up
1001_Children's_Books_You_Must_Read_Before_You_Grow_Up
Scottish novelist and poet (1850–1894)
encouragement from Sidney Colvin, Andrew Lang, Edmund Gosse, Leslie Stephen and W. E. Henley, the last of whom may have provided the model for Long John Silver
Robert_Louis_Stevenson
Horowitz That Hideous Strength by C. S. Lewis Five Children and It by E. Nesbit The Snow Spider by Jenny Nimmo The Borrowers by Mary Norton Harry Potter
List_of_low_fantasy_works
American illustrator (1948–2026)
Marianna Mayer (Madison Park Press, 2006) Lionel and the Book of Beasts by E. Nesbit, retold by Michael Hague (HarperCollins, 2006) Animal Friends: A Collection
Michael_Hague
National Rail station in London, England
Tunnel beyond the station. It is said that this was an inspiration to E. Nesbit when writing The Railway Children, as well as Knockholt and the track
Chelsfield_railway_station
Character in the Toy Story franchise
respectively. "Photos from The Faces & Facts Behind Disney Characters". E! Online. Retrieved June 13, 2024. Sherlock, Ben (January 7, 2020). "Toy Story:
Buzz_Lightyear
English actress (1944–2026)
Theatre Jean Episode: "On Call" 1972 The Edwardians Alice Hoatson Episode: "E. Nesbit" 1973 Van der Valk Elly Episode: "Rich Man, Poor Man" 1973 Country Matters
Jane_Lapotaire
Legend of a dragon-slaying by a knight in South Yorkshire
or the Dragon of Wantley." In Chapter III of The Railway Children by E. Nesbit, the children name trains after dragons, dubbing one "the Worm of Wantley"
Dragon_of_Wantley
English agricultural chemist
John Collis Nesbit (12 July 1818 – 30 March 1862) was an English agricultural chemist. Nesbit was born on 12 July 1818 at Bradford, Yorkshire, the son
John_Collis_Nesbit
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