Nesbit, Edith N Authors

Nesbit, Edith N Authors

Nesbit, Edith

Edith Nesbit, the daughter of John Collis Nesbit, a schoolmaster, was born on 19th August, 1858. Her father died when died when Edith was only six years old. Despite money problems, Edith's mother managed to educate her daughter in France. After the death of Hubert Bland in 1914, Edith married again and continued to write children's books. She had published forty-four novels before her death on 4th May, 1924.

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See Also:

- The Railway Children and other books by Edith Nesbit, free to read online with adjustable sized text and automatic bookmarking.
- Online texts by Nesbit.
- Biography of the children's author, and writer on socialism, from Spartacus Educational. Includes a photo of the author.
- Complete text of the children's novel by Edith Nesbit, from the Victorian Women Writers Project.

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