Edith Nesbit

Edith Nesbit

Biografía
Nacemento	15 de agosto de 1858 Londres, Reino Unido
Morte	4 de maio de 1924 (65 anos) New Romney, Reino Unido (pt)
Causa da morte	morte natural
Lugar de sepultura	St Mary in the Marsh (en)
Actividade
Campo de traballo	Medo
Ocupación	escritora, escritora de literatura infantil, poetisa
Período de actividade	1884 -
Membro de	Sociedade Fabiana
Pseudónimo literario	E. Nesbit Fabian Bland
Obra
Obras destacables (1906) The Railway Children (en)
Familia
Cónxuxe	Thomas Tucker (1917–1924) Hubert Bland (1880–1914)
Fillos	Rosamund Edith Nesbit Bland  () Hubert BlandAlice Hoatson
Pai	John Collis Nesbit
Irmáns	Mary Nesbit Caris Brooke
Descrito pola fonte	Obálky knih, Iedereen Leest (en) The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Victorian Women's Writing (en)
Páxina web	edithnesbit.co.uk

Edith Nesbit ou Edith Bland (ao casar), nada en Kennington (Surrey, agora Gran Londres) o 15 de agosto de 1858 e finada en New Romney o 4 de maio de 1924, foi unha poeta e autora inglesa de literatura infanto-xuvenil que asinaba como baixo o nome de E. Nesbit.

Traxectoria

Entre libros propios e colaboracións, acadou un total de 60 libros de ficción para cativos, varios dos cales foron adaptados para cinema e televisión. Así mesmo, foi unha militante política e cofundadora da Sociedade Fabiana, agrupación precursora do Partido Laborista moderno de Gran Bretaña.

Obra

The Bastables Series

• The Story of the Treasure Seekers (1899)
• The Wouldbegoods (1901)
• The New Treasure Seekers (1904)
• Oswald Bastable And Others (1905)
• Complete History of Bastable Family (1928)

Psammead Series

• Five Children and It (1902)
• The Phoenix and the Carpet (1904)
• The Story of the Amulet (1906)

House of Arden Series

• The House of Arden (1908)
• Harding's Luck (1909)

Narrativa diversa

• Pussy and Doggy Tales (1885)
• All Round the Year (1885)
• Many Voices (1885)
• The Rainbow and the Rose (1885)
• The Prophet's Mantle (1885)
• Something Wrong (1886)
• Grim Tales (1893)
• The Pilot (1893)
• Miss Mischief (1894)
• The Butler in Bohemia (1894)
• Tales of the Clock (1895)
• In Homespun (1896)
• Tales Told in Twilight (1897)
• The Book of Dogs (1897)
• The Children's Shakespeare (1897)
• Royal Children of English History (1897)
• The Secret of the Kyriels (1899)
• The Book of Dragons (1900)
• Nine Unlikely Tales (1901)
• Thirteen Ways Home (1901)
• The Red House (1902)
• The Revolt of the Toys (1902)
• Edith Nesbit's Tales of Terror (1902)
• In the Dark: Tales of Terror (1902)
• The Rainbow Queen (1903)
• Playtime Stories (1903)
• The Literary Sense (1903)
• The Story of Five Rebellious Dolls (1904)
• Cat Tales (1904)
• Pug Peter, King of Mouseland (1905)
• The Railway Children (1906)
• The Incomplete Amorist (1906)
• Man and Maid (1906)
• Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare (1907)
• O castelo encantado (1907)
• The Old Nursery Stories (1908)
• The Three Mothers (1908)
• The House With No Address (1909)
• These Little Ones (1909)
• Daphne in Fitzroy Street (1909)
• Salome and the Head (1909)
• Fear (1910)
• The Magic City (1910)
• Dormant aka Rose Royal (1911)
• The Wonderful Garden (1911)
• The Magic World (1912)
• Wet Magic (1913)
• The Incredible Honeymoon (1921)
• The Lark (1922)
• To the Adventurous (1923)
• Five of Us and Madeline (1925)

Poesía

• Spring Songs and Sketches (1887)
• A Pomander Of Verse (1894)
• Villegiature (1899)