A Woman of Passion: Life of E.Nesbit, 1858-1924
By Julia Briggs.
Description
E. Nesbit is one of the greatest children's writers of the century. Though known in her day for her poems, short stories and romantic novels, she is now remembered as the author of "The Railway Children", "The Treasure Seekers" (featuring the irrepressible Bastable family) and many other stories of magic and adventure. Her readers loved to think of her as a reassuringly aunt-like figure, but this biography reveals her as a wilful, demanding and adventurous woman, a true Bohemian who broke all society's rules in her search for love. Earlier accounts of E. Nesbit...
ISBN(s)
009168210X, 9780091682101
