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The Enchanted Castle (Illustrated) Online N2P5Y [Download ebook] The Enchanted Castle (Illustrated) Online [N2P5Y.ebook] The Enchanted Castle (Illustrated) Pdf Free E. Nesbit *Download PDF | ePub | DOC | audiobook | ebooks Download Now Free Download Here Download eBook #1341955 in eBooks 2012-08-08 2012-08-08File Name: B008VEXNLA | File size: 55.Mb E. Nesbit : The Enchanted Castle (Illustrated) before purchasing it in order to gage whether or not it would be worth my time, and all praised The Enchanted Castle (Illustrated): 7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. Don't purchase this reprint from Wilder Publications.By J. TessendorfDon't purchase this reprint from Wilder Publications. The punctuation and type-setting is a complete mess. Many punctuation marks are missing, while others are in the wrong place. Some paragraphs don't start where they should, others start where they shouldn't. It would be very frustrating for a child to try to read this reprint, so even at this price, it's not worth it. I'm going to purchase another edition for my girls and recycle this one.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Fine reader, Favorite book, CD at last!By MollyM/CAHappiness is... a favorite book, a reader who loves the book and the characters!This is the most famous and perhaps best of E. Nesbit's tales of magic and its potential for getting its users into unexpected, hilarious or frightening or both, situations, and the reader brings the tale to brilliantly to life. Her rendition of the "Ugly-Wuglies," dummies the children make from pillows and umbrellas and other props and inadvertently bring to life, had me laughing out loud and pounding the chair arm with mirth. - yet the reader is never obtrusive and never reads with the exaggerated emphasis so common in readings of children's books.Nesbit with her intricate realizations of magic gone wrong provided one of the wellsprings of modern fantasy writing, from the wistful imitations of Edward Eager (whose stories can also be found in audio versions)to Poul Anderson's "Operation" series collected as Operation Chaos, to Harry Potter. A wonderful gift for Nesbit enthusiasts, and perhaps an even better gift for those who know only the often pale and muddled recent derivatives.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. beware this version....By sfts15this book is printed off the internet. No chapter headings, no illustrations and the font size is small and hard to read. Worse is the bad punctuation. Ugh. Not the Puffin classic version which i thought I was buying. Now am forced to re-order the book.... This classic tale of childrens whimsy is light and easy to read. Ten new illustrations added in this version as well as a brief biography of the Author.The enchanted castle of the title is a country estate in the West Country seen through the eyes of three children, Gerald, James and Kathleen, who discover it while exploring during the school holidays. The lake, groves and marble statues, with white towers and turrets in the distance, make a fairy-tale setting, and then in the middle of the maze in the rose garden they find a sleeping fairy-tale princess.The "princess" tells them that the castle is full of magic, and they almost believe her. She shows them the treasures of the castle, including a ring she says is a ring of invisibility, but when it actually turns her invisible she panics and admits that she is the housekeeper's niece, Mabel, and was just play-acting.The children soon discover that the ring has other magical powers.The Enchanted Castle was written for both children and adults. It combines descriptions of the imaginative play of children, reminiscent of The Story of the Treasure Seekers, with a magic more muted than in her major fantasies such as The Story of the Amulet. .com A plot summary makes this story sound ordinary by children's literature standards: the summer adventures of four children who discover an enchanted castle and a magic ring. But Edith Nesbit's adored classic (written in 1907) is so much more than the description suggests. Right from the start, the author plays with the idea of magic, teasing us with a sleeping princess who turns out to be a fake. Elsewhere, the magic is "real" as can be--in fact, though written nearly 100 years ago, The Enchanted Castle prefigures the magical realism of modern novels in the matter-of-fact way it weaves the uncanny into the children's everyday life. And, while few authors are confident enough to parody bad writing, Nesbit does it hilariously (and ever so gently) through one character's tendency to "talk like a book": "'To brush his hair and his clothes... was to our hero but the work of a moment,' said Gerald." Things turn scary when the Ugly Wuglies, fake people made from painted cardboard masks, old clothes, and broomsticks, come to life. But on the whole this book about enchantment--much praised by such luminaries as H.G. Wells and Noel Coward--is, simply, enchanting. (Ages 6 and older) --Richard Farr ''The popular British author's adventures of childhood have always been good read-aloud choices; the audiobook format superbly showcases them.'' --AudioFileAbout the AuthorEdith Nesbit (1858ndash1924) was a children's writer whose most famous novels include The Story of the Treasure Seekers, Five Children and It, and The Enchanted Castle. [N2P5Y.ebook] The Enchanted Castle (Illustrated) By E. Nesbit PDF [N2P5Y.ebook] The Enchanted Castle (Illustrated) By E. Nesbit Epub [N2P5Y.ebook] The Enchanted Castle (Illustrated) By E. Nesbit Ebook [N2P5Y.ebook] The Enchanted Castle (Illustrated) By E. Nesbit Rar [N2P5Y.ebook] The Enchanted Castle (Illustrated) By E. Nesbit Zip [N2P5Y.ebook] The Enchanted Castle (Illustrated) By E. Nesbit Read Online.
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