"The Story of the Treasure Seekers: Being the Adventures of the Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune."
This is a charming story about six siblings: Dora, Oswald, Dicky, Alice and Noel (twins), and Horace Octavius - better known as H.O. Their mother died, and the children are basically left to raise themselves. They have a loving father, but he is usually preoccupied with business, leaving the children to have unusual and memorable adventures. The story is told by one of the children, but never stated by which one until the very end of the story.
When Mr. Bastable loses his money, Oswald, the leader among the children, decides that it is up to the young Bastables to recover the family fortune. This noble mission instigates most of the misadventures. How often their good intentions are bitterly reversed!
Their quest leads them to dig for treasure with the aid of Albert-next-door and Albert-next-door's uncle; they pretend at being detectives; they try to sell Noel's poems (such classics as "Lines on a Dead Beetle That Was Poisoned"); they try their hand at editing a newspaper; they meet a real princess; and they have a memorable run-in with Lord Tottenham.
Written in 1899, "The Story of the Treasure Seekers" is a wonderful example of the genius of British writers. C.S. Lewis even mentions it in one of his Chronicles of Narnia books, The Magician's Nephew:
"In those days Mr. Sherlock Holmes was still living in Baker Street and the Bastables were looking for treasure in the Lewisham Road."*
Full of imagination and British humor, E.Nesbit's book is a merry romp in Victorian England through the eyes of six imaginative children.
*Lewis, C.S. Chapter One. The Magician's Nephew. The Chronicles of Narnia. New York City. HarperCollins Children's Books, 1994. pg 1.
This is a charming story about six siblings: Dora, Oswald, Dicky, Alice and Noel (twins), and Horace Octavius - better known as H.O. Their mother died, and the children are basically left to raise themselves. They have a loving father, but he is usually preoccupied with business, leaving the children to have unusual and memorable adventures. The story is told by one of the children, but never stated by which one until the very end of the story.
When Mr. Bastable loses his money, Oswald, the leader among the children, decides that it is up to the young Bastables to recover the family fortune. This noble mission instigates most of the misadventures. How often their good intentions are bitterly reversed!
Their quest leads them to dig for treasure with the aid of Albert-next-door and Albert-next-door's uncle; they pretend at being detectives; they try to sell Noel's poems (such classics as "Lines on a Dead Beetle That Was Poisoned"); they try their hand at editing a newspaper; they meet a real princess; and they have a memorable run-in with Lord Tottenham.
Written in 1899, "The Story of the Treasure Seekers" is a wonderful example of the genius of British writers. C.S. Lewis even mentions it in one of his Chronicles of Narnia books, The Magician's Nephew:
"In those days Mr. Sherlock Holmes was still living in Baker Street and the Bastables were looking for treasure in the Lewisham Road."*
Full of imagination and British humor, E.Nesbit's book is a merry romp in Victorian England through the eyes of six imaginative children.
*Lewis, C.S. Chapter One. The Magician's Nephew. The Chronicles of Narnia. New York City. HarperCollins Children's Books, 1994. pg 1.
