The Story of the Treasure Seekers

by E. Nesbit

Overview

When their father's business fails, the six Bastable children decide to restore the family fortunes. But although they think of many ingenious ways to do so, their well-meant efforts are either more fun than profitable, or lead to trouble -- until one adventure has quite unexpected results.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781775452232
Publisher:	The Floating Press
Publication date:	04/01/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	237 KB

About the Author

E. Nesbit (1858-1924) lived in England and had dreamed of becoming a poet since she was fifteen years old. After her husband fell ill, it was up to her to support her small family. For the next nineteen years, she published a number of novels, essays, articles, poems, and short stories. When The Story of the Treasure Seekers was published in 1899, her groundbreaking style of depicting realistic, believable children quickly gained a popularity that has lasted for more than a century.

Table of Contents

	'E. Nesbit and the Bastables'	1
1	The Council of Ways and Means	10
2	Digging for Treasure	21
3	Being Detectives	32
4	Good Hunting	48
5	The Poet and the Editor	59
6	Noel's Princess	69
7	Being Bandits	81
8	Being Editors	94
9	The G.B.	111
10	Lord Tottenham	127
11	Castilian Amoroso	139
12	The Nobleness of Oswald	159
13	The Robber and the Burglar	178
14	The Divining-rod	201
15	'Lo, the Poor Indian!'	214
16	The End of the Treasure-seeking	227

Editorial Reviews

I love E. Nesbit – I think she is great and I identify with the way that she writes. Her children are very real children and she was quite a groundbreaker in her day.” —J.K. Rowling

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