Talking cats, birds, fish and bells, wicked fairies, uglified princesses – adventure, magic, and more magic. A delightful collection of stories for children of all ages. The Magic World is an influential collection of twelve short stories by E. Nesbit. It was first published in book form in 1912 by Macmillan and Co. Ltd., with illustrations by H. R. Millar and Gerald Spencer Pryse. The stories, previously printed in magazines (like Blackie’s Children’s Annual), are typical of Nesbit’s arch, ironic, clever fantasies for children.

Latest episodes of the podcast The Magic World by Edith Nesbit

• 01 – I – The Cat-hood of Maurice
• 02 – II – The Mixed Mine
• 03 – III – Accidental Magic
• 04 – IV – The Princess and the Hedge-pig
• 05 – V – Septimus Septimusson
• 06 – VI – The White Cat
• 07 – VII – Belinda and Bellamant; or the Bells of Carrillon-Land
• 08 – VIII – Justnowland
• 09 – IX – The Related Muff
• 10 – X – The Aunt and Amabel
• 11 – XI – Kenneth and the Carp
• 12 – XII – The Magician’s Heart