Edith Nesbit презентация

Who is she?
Edith Nesbit is English writer and poetess.
She is author of more then 60 books of children's literature.

Edith Nesbit was born on 15th of August 1858 in family of an agricultural chemist, John Collis Nesbit, who died in March 1862, before her fourth birthday. Her sister Mary's ill health meant that the family travelled around for some years.
When Nesbit was seventeen, the family moved back to London, living in South East London at Eltham, Elswick Road in Lewisham, Grove Park and Lee.

At eighteen, Nesbit met the bank clerk Hubert Bland in 1877. Seven months pregnant, she married Bland on 22 April 1880, though she did not immediately live with him, as Bland initially continued to live with his mother. She had 5 children.

Nesbit published approximately 40 books for children, including novels, collections of stories and picture books. Collaborating with others, she published almost as many more.

Edit Nesbit offer one's mite new slant in children’s literature. Heroes of his writings are young contemporary of the author meet with magical creatures in usual world, sometimes travel to fantastic worlds.
Expect childish work , she wrote 11 romances ,short stories and 4 digest of “horrible stories” for adults.

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