The Magic World
by Edith Nesbit, Harold Robert Millar (Illustrator) & Gerald Spencer Pryse (Illustrator)
- First published:
- 20th century
- Language: English
- Content type: FictionJuvenile
"The Magic World" by E. Nesbit is a collection of twelve short stories published in 1912. These clever fantasy tales transport children into magical realms where boys transform into cats and fish, princesses face fairy curses, and wardrobes open into enchanted worlds. With talking animals, ancient talismans, and trips to Atlantis, each story blends wonder with Nesbit's characteristic wit and irony. The collection explores themes of transformation, justice, and kindness to animals while delivering adventures that would later influence writers like C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ritual magic and grimoires.
Controlled discovery queries from online-books-page, openlibrary, and project-gutenberg matched “Magic” and “magic”. Retained metadata contains “Magic” in the title, “Magic” in the description, “Talismans” in the description, and 2 additional metadata match(es).
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- “magic”· via Project Gutenberg
- “Magic”· in title
- “Magic”· in description
- “Talismans”· in description
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Editions
Open Library reports 352 editions; 4 cataloged here.
| Edition | Date | Publisher | Language | ISBN | Access | Links |
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The Online Books Page curated catalog record | — | — | — | — | Source listed online copy | |
The Online Books Page curated catalog record London: Macmillan and Co., 1924 | 1924 | — | — | — | Source listed online copy | |
Open Library record | August 1, 1996 | Puffin | English |
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Cataloging notes
- Illustrators: Millar, H. R; Pryse, Gerald Spencer
- Open Library reports 352 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
- Original print publication date and source edition are absent from Project Gutenberg metadata.
- Source-listed Library of Congress call number(s): PR4149 .B4 M3
- Source-listed Library of Congress call number(s): PR4149 .B4 M3 1924
- The Online Books Page bibliographic note: London: Macmillan and Co., 1924
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- openlibrary-work:OL7984948W
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