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Dormant

E. Nesbit

First published 1911
Publisher Methuen
Format Hardcover
Type Novel
Pages ii+312
Price 6/-


The one fantasy among Nesbit's later (20th century?) "romantic novels for adults", "concerning a woman kept immune from ageing in suspended animation for over 50 years". --SFE: Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997), biographical entry by Lisa Tuttle. First published as a serial in The Red Magazine, May 15 to August 1, 1911.

1st ed. {{OCLC|65740910}} (197-? microfilm, Victorian fiction #396:7) Price from publisher advert "Methuen's Popular Novels: Crown 8vo, 6s. each" Manchester Guardian 1911-09-21 p4 Publ date inferred from that item; and advert of the Autumn 1911 list (Aug-Sep-Oct) Man. Gua. -08-10 p4, this one under heading "September and October"; and e-copy inscription

HathiTrust Digital Library provides full view of one copy -- with original cover, red cloth barely decorated -- gift inscription dated 1911-10-02 -- dedication "to the Lady Dunsany from E. Nesbit" Crowlink, Sussex, 1911 -- Contents, p.ii -- novel spans p1-312 -- bound with 32-page "A Selection of Books Published by Methuen ..." dated August 1911 (more than 1000 listings?) (Fiction p21-29)