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A short collection of seven ghostly tales by the author better known for her works for younger readers, like The Railway Children and Five Children and It. Of the seven, two are extraordinarily slight (one has the feel of a retold urban legend), and most of the seven are a tad predictable in that they hinge on the meme of love being more powerful than death.

Grim Tales is a number of tender stories that take the children into that hidden world where fright is just close, and where love can move beyond the barriers of demise. The collection consists of chapters on The Ebony Frame; John Charrington's Wedding; Uncle Abraham's Romance; The Mystery of the Semi-Detached; From the Dead - part 1; From the Dead - part 2; From the Dead - part 3; Man-size in Marble; The Mass for the Dead. Edith Nesbit was an English writer and poet. She wrote her children’s books with the name of E. Nesbit. She was also a political activist and a co-founder of the Fabian Society, a socialist organisation later associated to the Labour Party. She wrote about 40 children’s fiction, which include novels, collections of stories and picture books. She co-authored with others, writing around so much more. In her biography by Julia Briggs, Nesbit was "the first modern writer for children": Nesbit "helped to reverse the great tradition of children's literature inaugurated by Lewis Carroll, George MacDonald and Kenneth Grahame, in turning away from their secondary worlds to the tough truths to be won from encounters with things-as-they-are, previously the province of adult novels." Briggs also tributes Nesbit with having produced the children's fiction. Noël Coward was a huge fan of hers and, in a letter to an early biographer Noel Streatfeild, stated "she had an economy of phrase, and an unparalleled talent for evoking hot summer days in the English countryside." Some of her renowned books are The Story of the Treasure Seekers and The Wouldbegoods, which both retell the stories of the Bastables, a middle class family that fell down on difficulties. The Railway Children is also popular for its 1970 film adaptation. Gore Vidal described The Story of the Amulet as one in which "Nesbit's powers of invention are at their best."

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A short collection of seven ghostly tales by the author better known for her works for younger readers, like The Railway Children and Five Children and It. Of the seven, two are extraordinarily slight (one has the feel of a retold urban legend), and most of the seven are a tad predictable in that they hinge on the meme of love being more powerful than death.

A short collection of seven ghostly tales by the author better known for her works for younger readers, like The Railway Children and Five Children and It. Of the seven, two are extraordinarily slight (one has the feel of a retold urban legend), and most of the seven are a tad predictable in that they hinge on the meme of love being more powerful than death.

Classics for Your Collection: goo.gl/U80LCr --------- A collection of standard Victorian horror stories for adults first published together in book form in 1893 and written by the “children’s books” expert E. Nesbit. Contents: The Ebony Frame John Charrington's Wedding Uncle Abraham's Romance The Mystery of the Semi-Detached From the Dead Man-Size in Marble The Mass for the Dead Scroll Up and Grab Your Copy! Also by E. Nesbit The Story of the Amulet https://www.createspace.com/6559990 Five Children and It https://www.createspace.com/6358326 The Phoenix and the Carpet https://www.createspace.com/6558962 The Book of Dragons https://www.createspace.com/6558393 The Story of the Treasure Seekers https://www.createspace.com/6558030 The Railway Children https://www.createspace.com/6483012 Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare https://www.createspace.com/6555710 The Enchanted Castle https://www.createspace.com/6553916 Oz Books The Wonderful Wizard of Oz https://www.createspace.com/6426287 TIK-TOK of OZ https://www.createspace.com/6353841 Ozma of Oz https://www.createspace.com/6356346 Glinda of OZ https://www.createspace.com/6461890 The Scarecrow of OZ https://www.createspace.com/6461981 The Marvelous Land of Oz https://www.createspace.com/6462832 Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz https://www.createspace.com/6464450 The Road to Oz by https://www.createspace.com/6464521 The Emerald City of Oz https://www.createspace.com/6464602 The Patchwork Girl of Oz https://www.createspace.com/6464682 The Lost Princess of Oz https://www.createspace.com/6465342 The Tin Woodman of Oz https://www.createspace.com/6466582 Rinkitink in Oz https://www.createspace.com/6464764 The Magic of Oz https://www.createspace.com/6466620 Grimm’s Fairy Tales by Brothers Grimm https://www.createspace.com/6440051 Sky Island by L. Frank Baum https://www.createspace.com/6446563 The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett https://www.createspace.com/6455917

A short collection of seven ghostly tales by the author better known for her works for younger readers, like The Railway Children and Five Children and It. Of the seven, two are extraordinarily slight (one has the feel of a retold urban legend), and most of the seven are a tad predictable in that they hinge on the meme of love being more powerful than death.

A collection of seven classic short stories that draw us into that hidden world where fear is just around the next corner, and where loving hands can touch across the boundaries of death. Edith Nesbit, author and poet, was known for her over 60 adventurous children's stories; however, she was first known for her poetry and her venture into the supernatural short stories for adult audiences. She called her collection Grim Tales. Her classic style and imagery has proven to be ageless and inspirational to modern writers.

Edith Nesbit (married name Edith Bland; 15 August 1858 – 4 May 1924) was an English author and poet; she published her books for children under the name of E. Nesbit. She wrote or collaborated on more than 60 books of children's literature. She was also a political activist and co-founded the Fabian Society, a socialist organisation later affiliated to the Labour Party.