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Hace 4 días · Author of the famous childrens' book 'The Railway Children' Edith Nesbit, born in 1858, holidayed in Dymchurch and spent her last years in St Mary's Bay. Suffering from lung cancer, she died in 1924 at New Romney, Kent, and is buried in the churchyard of St Mary in the Marsh.
Hace 3 días · The Phoenix and the Carpet is a fantasy novel for children, written by E. Nesbit and first published in 1904. It is the second in a trilogy of novels that begins with Five Children and It (1902), and follows the adventures of the same five children: Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane and the Lamb.
- Edith Nesbit
- 1904
Hace 5 días · While in St Mary in the Marsh Coward got to know Edith Nesbit, who was a neighbour, best known for writing The Railway Children, she was one of Coward's literary idols. By his bed, when he died, was a copy of her book 'The Enchanted Castle'.
Hace 4 días · The Singing Of The Magnificat. A LEGEND. IN midst of wide green pasture-lands, cut through. By lines of alders bordering deep-banked streams, Where bulrushes and yellow iris grew, And rest and peace, and all the flowers of dreams, The Abbey stood--so still, it seemed a part. Of the marsh-country's almost pulseless heart.
Hace 1 día · By considering The Amulet alongside other novels and poems written by the prolific Nesbit around the turn of the century, this essay will examine how Nesbit’s comic fantasy subverts the conventions of imperial gothic tales, invasion-scare novels and “boys’ own” stories, offering the children of Empire an alternative political-and literary-ethos.
Hace 5 días · Child's Song In Spring. The Silver Birch is a dainty lady, She wears a satin gown; The elm tree makes the old churchyard shady, She will not live in town. The English oak is a sturdy fellow, He gets his green coat late; The willow is smart in a suit of yellow. While brown the beech trees wait.
Hace 2 días · KING LEAR Adapted and Directed by Karin Coonroad A Production of Compagnia de’ Colombari Company Website Show Webpage Recently at LaMama Further Venues TBA
