![]() ![]() ![]() Nesbit was an agnostic, as well as a Fabian socialist, and her books were refreshingly free of Victorian piety. Delacorte, 2016, 247 pages.įans of Edith Nesbit like her breezy style, her comfortable use of Edwardian slang, her humor, and her effortless evocation of what we would like to call a “simpler time.” The thirty-odd years around the turn of the twentieth century were, by all accounts, a more optimistic time: rapid strides in technology were making life easier, Europe had been at peace for decades, prosperity was on the march, and it was safe to be an agnostic. ![]() Edith Nesbit’s classic characters go ten years into their future in this thought-provoking sequel.įive Children on the Western Front, by Kate Saunders. ![]()
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