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The Magic City

by Edith Nesbit · 1910

Fantasy · ranked #47 in category

Reviewed by the Book Verdict editorial team

An extremely unhappy ten-year-old magically escapes into a city he has built out of books, chessmen, candlesticks, and other household items.

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The verdict

Category
Fantasy
First published
1910 · 1910s
Author
Edith Nesbit
Standing
Recommended

About Fantasy

Fantasy builds worlds you can live in. At its richest it works through myth and magic to explore power, courage, identity and what we owe each other — the same concerns as any great literature, but with dragons.

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