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The Magic City

by E. Nesbit

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First published
1910
Pages
124
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Read by Ruth Golding · 7 h 37 min · 12 parts

  1. 01 - Chapter I: The Beginning

    40:34

  2. 02 - Chapter II: Deliverer or Destroyer

    45:25

  3. 03 - Chapter III: Lost

    39:45

  4. 04 - Chapter IV: The Dragon-slayer

    51:54

  5. 05 - Chapter V: On the Carpet

    40:46

  6. 06 - Chapter VI: The Lions in the Desert

    36:21

  7. 07 - Chapter VII: The Dwellers by the Sea

    41:45

  8. 08 - Chapter VIII: Ups and Downs

    37:35

  9. 09 - Chapter IX: On The 'Lightning Loose'

    36:52

  10. 10 - Chapter X: The Great Sloth

    41:27

  11. 11 - Chapter XI: The Night Attack

    22:46

  12. 12 - Chapter XII: The End

    22:02

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Ten-year-old Philip Haldane is used to sharing his whole world with Helen, the older half-sister who has raised him. Their games include an imaginary island where they rule together and admit nobody else. When Helen announces that she will marry an old friend, Philip struggles with the prospect of sharing her affection. The promised ponies and a new playmate, Lucy, do little to soften his first response. This children's story begins with the hurt and confusion behind a boy's angry words.

Later, Philip discovers that the cities he has built have lives of their own. A carpenter, Mr. Perrin, explains a world inhabited by dolls, tin soldiers and animals from Noah's ark. Philip also faces the prospect of confronting a lively green dragon. The movement from household worries to strange adventures gives readers both a child's view of family change and a playful account of imagination taking physical shape.

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E. Nesbit

E. Nesbit (1858-1924) was an English author and poet who transformed children's literature with realistic, funny, and magical stories such as The Railway Children and Five Children and It.

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Book facts

Author
E. Nesbit
First published
1910
Reading time
About 4 hours
Pages
124
Language
English
Formats
PDF, EPUB, Read online, Audiobook
Audio read by
Ruth Golding