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E. Nesbit
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Independently published
Publication date
April 29, 2017
Pages
138
Binding
Paperback
ISBN-13
9781521153031
ISBN-10
1521153035
Dimensions
0.35 by 6 by 9 in.
Weight
0.58 lbs.
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$5.59
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The Phoenix and the Carpet (The Psammead Trilogy) (Volume 2) | Five Children and It | Gay-Neck | The Golden Goblet | When You Reach Me | The Phoenix and the Carpet | D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths
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How is this book unique?
- Font adjustments & biography included
- Unabridged (100% Original content)
- Illustrated
About The Story of the Amulet by E. Nesbit
The Story of the Amulet is a novel for children, written in 1906 by English author Edith Nesbit. It is the final part of a trilogy of novels that also includes Five Children and It (1902) and The Phoenix and the Carpet (1904). In it the children re-encounter the Psammead—the "it" in Five Children and It. As it no longer grants wishes to the children, however, its capacity is mainly advisory in relation to the children's other discovery, the Amulet, thus following a formula successfully established in The Phoenix and the Carpet. At the beginning of this book, the journalist father of Robert, Anthea, Cyril, and Jane has gone overseas to cover the war in Manchuria. Their mother has gone to Madeira to recuperate from an illness, taking with her their younger brother, the Lamb. The children are living with an old Nurse who has set up a boardinghouse in central London. Her only remaining boarder is a scholarly Egyptologist who has filled his bedsit with ancient artefacts. During the course of the book, the children get to know the "poor learned gentleman" and befriend him and call him Jimmy. Cook's house is in Fitzrovia, the district of London near the British Museum, which Nesbit accurately conveys as having bookstalls and shops filled with unusual merchandise. In one of these shops the children find the Psammead. It had been captured by a trapper, who failed to recognise it as a magical being. The terrified creature cannot escape, for it can only grant wishes to others, not to itself. Using a ruse, the children persuade the shopkeeper to sell them the "mangy old monkey," and they free their old friend.Pricing is shown for items sent to or within the U.S., excluding shipping and tax. Please consult the store to determine exact fees. No warranties are made express or implied about the accuracy, timeliness, merit, or value of the information provided. Information subject to change without notice. isbn.nu is not a bookseller, just an information source.