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A review by anneofgreenplaces
The Story of the Treasure Seekers: Complete and Unabridged by E. Nesbit
4.0
Charming and hilarious, deft combination of children's logic with adult satire, really could have been written entirely for adults for the number of knowing winks and sophistication of the humor; the episodic nature of it makes it less substantial and it's not particularly deep, but still effective for its purpose. Really interesting window onto turn-of-the-century England, the technologies and business practices and current books and the sweets and toys on which kids liked to spend their half-sovereigns they found under floorbards, and dashes of imperialism here and there ; plus the landscape of London, which hasn't changed all that much (in terms of train stations and landmarks--they live by Blackheath).