The Enchanted Castle (Vintage Children's Classics) - Softcover

Nesbit, E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1784873071 ISBN 13: 9781784873073

Publisher: Vintage Children's Classics, 2018

Synopsis

When Jerry, Jimmy, and Kathleen are forced to spend their entire summer at school they don't imagine they will have a particularly interesting time. But that's before they stumble upon a mysterious castle set in beautiful, abandoned gardens. Could this really be an enchanted castle? With the air thick with magic and a maze hiding a sleeping girl at its center, the holidays might just be looking up. Includes exclusive content, including more information about the author and an Enchanted Castle quiz!

About this title

About the Author:

E. Nesbit is the author of The Treasure Seekers, Five Children and It, and The Railway Children. 

Review:

"E Nesbit was the inventor of the modern children's adventure story. Less well known than Five Children and It or The Railway Children, this to my mind is her most imaginative book." —Julia Donaldson, Guardian

"E. Nesbit's book The Enchanted Castle included a terrifying scene in which the children put on a play and dress up some brooms and brushes in hats and coats as an audience. These creatures, which they call the Ugly-Wugglies, come to life clapping before chasing the children. I was chilled - I still find it chilling today." —Antonia Fraser, Daily Telegraph

"Despite [Nesbit's] fantastic plots, which generally hinge on some highly imaginative form of magic - her books were among the earliest to portray kids from their own point of view. Nesbit's best-known characters, the independent-minded Bastable children, jockey fiercely for position among themselves, but they always unite in the face of adult intervention." —Washington Post

About this edition

• Publisher: Vintage Children's Classics
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1784873071
• ISBN 13: 9781784873073
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240