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Five of Us—and Madeline

E. Nesbit

First published 1925
Type Novel

<ul><li> Adventures of five siblings (same in number as the Bastable Children series and the Five Children or Psammead series, but three different familes); narrated by one of the boys, namely Clifford (same as Oswald Bastable narrates the Bastable Children series) <li> Amazon review: "... except for a single, incongruous episode where the eldest boy solves a real burglary by dreaming that he is a worm, the book lacks the beautifully imaginative fantasy sequences that are a hallmark of Edith Nesbit's creative works ..." -- Molly Grue (reviewer) </ul>

  • Posthumous publication, completed by Nesbit's daughter
  • Borderline genre (see Amazon review, below)
  • Published 1925 in the posthumous collection Five of Us—and Madeline assembled and edited by Nesbit's daughter Rosamund Sharp (Rosamund Edith Nesbit Bland), with two fantasy short stories • probably as pp 1-284 in 310-page eds. (inferred from multiple library records; see The Last of the Dragons, probably as p285-98)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1925 Five of Us—and Madeline T. Fisher Unwin Omnibus 9
January 1926 Five of Us—and Madeline Adelphi Company Omnibus
February 1932 Five of Us—and Madeline Greenberg Omnibus
1958 Cover Five of Us—and Madeline London: E. Benn; New York: Coward-McCann Omnibus 9