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Melanie · @melizjs
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“I acquired the habit of laying my egg and burning myself every five hundred years–and you know how difficult it is to break yourself of a habit.”

- E. Nesbit, The Phoenix and the Carpet

#enesbit #thephoenixandthecarpet #mythology #childrensadventurebooks #childrensbooks #ClassicBooks #literaryclassics #moncreiffepress #literaryquotes #bookquotes #bookcommunity #bookish #bookstodon

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Old British Telly · @oldbritishtelly
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[1991] Five Children and It - BBC adaptation of the E. Nesbit novel. Five children discover a rather grumpy, ugly, and occasionally malevolent Psammead, a sand-fairy with ability to grant wishes. First episode.

youtube.com/watch?v=phovQ2GKMF

#OldBritishTelly #enesbit #Psammead

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Andi Brooks · @AndiBrooks
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#washingtonirving #charlesdickens #marklemon #elizabethgaskell #enesbit #fitzjamesobrien #efbenson #sabinebaringgould #maryelizabethbraddon #charlotteriddell #RobertLouisStevenson #algernonblackwood #christmas #ghost #GhostStories #horror #shortstory #ghoststoriesforchristmas #AndiBrooks #fiction #anthology

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Kynyc · @kynyc
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Been reading a childhood favorite aloud to my partner. So good AND still untroubling, girls can grow up to do anything, prisoners and convicts matter, and little people love spending their time connecting with their community.

#readingnow #enesbit

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Kynyc · @kynyc
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Been reading a childhood favorite aloud to my partner. So good AND still untroubling, girls can grow up to do anything, prisoners and convicts matter, and little people love spending their time connecting with their community.

#yabooks #childrensbooks #mysteries #reading #books #bookstodon #readingnow #enesbit

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Winona Kent · @winonakent
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#bookstodon #MonicaDickens #johnlecarre #enesbit #LenDeighton #JohnGalsworthy #AJDevlin #ColinDexter

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David Grigg · @drgrigg
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I could extend my list of favourite authors by listing those deceased authors for whom, if an authenticated "lost manuscript" surfaced, I'd be first in the line to buy:








#janeausten #charlesdickens #DianaWynneJones #enesbit #georgeorwell #dorothylsayers #cliffordsimak #jackvance #booktodon

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