Grim Tales
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Edith Nesbit (1858-1924) was an English author and poet, particularly known for her childrens books which were published under the name E Nesbit. She wrote or collaborated on more than 60 works of childrens literature and was also a political activist who co-founded the Fabian Society, a socialist organisation later affiliated to the Labour Party. Ediths father died before her fourth birthday and her sister Marys ill health meant the family travelled around for several years, living at various locations in Britain, France, Spain and Germany. When Edith was 17 the family settled back in London, Mary having died in 1871, and the following year she met bank clerk Hubert Bland. In April 1880, then 7 months pregnant, she married Bland but the marriage proved tempestuous with Edith later adopting two of Blands children with her former friend, Alice Hoatson. Ediths first published works were poems, with Under the Trees appearing in Good Words magazine in March 1871, but she later established herself as an accomplished childrens author, producing several series which have remained popular up to the present day. The best known of her childrens books are The Story of the Treasure Seekers (1899), the first in her series about the Bastable children, and the three titles from the Psammead series: Five Children and It (1902), The Phoenix and the Carpet (1904), and The Story of the Amulet (1906). However, the most famous of all is her stand alone childrens novel The Railway Children (1906), which has been adapted for film several times, most notably the 1970 version. Edith also wrote fiction for adults, including both novels and story collections. Grim Tales is a selection of her horror stories first published together in book form 1893, having previously appeared in various journals such as Longmans Magazine, Temple Bar, and Argosy. The seven stories included are: The Ebony Frame, John Charringtons Wedding, Uncle Abrahams Romance, The Mystery of the Semi-Detached, F
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