Five Children and It

by Edith Nesbit

No cover — Edith Nesbit: Five Children and It (2005, eBooksLib)

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English language

Published Nov. 11, 2005 by eBooksLib.

ISBN:: 978-1-4121-2476-8

(17 reviews)

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?' And every time they passed a house, which was not very often, they all said, 'Oh, is THIS it?' But it never was, till they reached the very top of the hill, just past the chalk-quarry and before you come to the gravel-pit.

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5 stars

Another entertaining and literate novel. My grandson (9) and I enjoyed this one as much as we did "The Railway Children". Edith's outstanding use of Victorian English provided a great learning opportunity for both of us. Her droll humor was also most entertaining and enlightening.