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Story of the Treasure Seekers
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[United States] : Hesperus Press, 2014.
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A legendary children's story of sibling adventure, by the enchanting author of The Railway Children and Five Children and It, which has delighted countless generations of childrenThe Bastable children (Dora, Oswald, Dicky, Alice, Noel, and Horace Octavius-H.O.) live in London with their widowed father. Too poor to attend school, the children are left to their own devices, and they spend their days coming up with ingenious plans to restore their father's fortune. Told from the first person perspective-which lends the narrative substantial bias-this was Nesbit's first work. Refreshingly free of Victorian sentimentality, yet still wonderfully evocative of a bygone era, the tale makes for timeless reading. amd ensures Nesbit's esteemed place in the canon of children's literature.

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A legendary children's story of sibling adventure, by the enchanting author of The Railway Children and Five Children and It, which has delighted countless generations of childrenThe Bastable children (Dora, Oswald, Dicky, Alice, Noel, and Horace Octavius-H.O.) live in London with their widowed father. Too poor to attend school, the children are left to their own devices, and they spend their days coming up with ingenious plans to restore their father's fortune. Told from the first person perspective-which lends the narrative substantial bias-this was Nesbit's first work. Refreshingly free of Victorian sentimentality, yet still wonderfully evocative of a bygone era, the tale makes for timeless reading. amd ensures Nesbit's esteemed place in the canon of children's literature.
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Nesbit, E. (2014). Story of the Treasure Seekers. [United States], Hesperus Press.

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Nesbit, Edith. 2014. Story of the Treasure Seekers. [United States], Hesperus Press.

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Nesbit, Edith, Story of the Treasure Seekers. [United States], Hesperus Press, 2014.

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Nesbit, Edith. Story of the Treasure Seekers. [United States], Hesperus Press, 2014.

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