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Oswald Bastable and Others
Author:
Edith Nesbit 
Illustrator:
Charles E. Brock, H. R. Millar
Publication:
1905 by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co
Genre:
Fairy Tales, Fiction, Folk Tales, Short Story
Series:
The Bastable Children, or Adventures of the Treasure Seekers Trilogy 
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Series Number: 4
Pages:
369
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Published
1905
Publisher
Wells Gardner, Darton & Co
Pages
369
Status
Out of Print
Series number
4
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This collection of short stories features all of Edith Nesbit’s trademark charm and wit, including the final four stories featuring the Bastable children, from The Story of the Treasure Seekers.
Included with the stories featuring the Bastables are eleven fairy-tales, many magical, that show why Nesbit is the master of the form.
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Edith Nesbit
1858 - 1924British
When Edith Nesbit (1858-1924) was in her teens, the family moved to a large house in Kent called Halstead Hall. Although she lived here for only thr... See more
Charles E. Brock
1870 - 1938British
Charles Edmund Brock, who signed most of his work with the name C.E. Brock, was one of four brothers who were all artists and shared a studio in Cambr... See more
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Oswald Bastable and Others 
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Podcast
Episode 70: Why Read Fairy Tales?
Released in 2020 by The Literary Life
Available formats: Streaming Audio
Length: 1 hr. 29 min.
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"Angelina Stanford and Cindy Rollins tackle the topic of fairy stories, discussing the what, why and how of reading them. Angelina shares the distinctive characteristics of fairy stories in contrast to other types of stories, such as myths. They deal with the question of whether fairy tales are 'escapist', the influence of the Grimm brothers scholarly work on interpreting fairy stories, and allowing the story to unveil its deeper truths without forcing meaning onto it.
Angelina gives an illustration of how to see the gospel messages in fairy tales by talking us through the story of Sleeping Beauty. She refutes the ideas that fairy tales are about human romance or are misogynistic. She also highlights some of the Enlightenment and Puritan responses to fairy tales that still linger with us today. Cindy and Angelina also discuss some common concerns such as the magical, weird, or scary aspects of fairy tales. Angelina also makes a distinction between folk tales, literary fairy tales, and cautionary tales."
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