Oswald Bastable and Others

Name: Oswald Bastable and Others
Author: Edith Nesbit

The story revolves around three children - Dicky, Dora, and Oswald - who find a mysterious artifact that allows them to be granted a single wish each. However, their wishes are twisted and lead to unexpected consequences. The children must then work together to undo the damage caused by their wishes and restore order to their lives.

By Edith Nesbit · First published 1926 · Genre: Children's Literature, Fantasy, Adventure · 15 chapters · 88,185 words

First lines

This happened a very little time after we left our humble home in Lewisham, and went to live at the Blackheath house of our Indian uncle, which was replete with every modern convenience, and had a big garden and a great many greenhouses. We had had a lot of jolly Christmas presents, and one of them was Dicky's from father, and it was a printing-press. Not one of the eighteenpenny kind that never come off, but a real tip-topper, that you could have printed a whole newspaper out of if you could have been clever enough to make up all the stuff there is in newspapers. I don't know how people can do it. It's all about different things, but it is all just the same too. But the author is sorry to find he is not telling things from the beginning, as he has been taught. The printing-press really doesn't come into the story till quite a long way on. So it is no use your wondering what it was that we did print with the printing-press.

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Work type: Novel
Author: Edith Nesbit
Date: 1926 CE
Language: English
Genres: Children's Literature, Fantasy, Adventure, Science Fiction
Length: 88,185 words
Structure: 15 chapters, 2,260 paragraphs
Reading fit: Easy (6th Grade)

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Children's Literature — The book is primarily targeted towards children, featuring young protagonists and themes suitable for a young audience.
Fantasy — The book includes elements of the fantastical, such as time travel and alternate realities.
Adventure — The narrative follows the protagonists on various adventures, often involving danger and excitement.
Science Fiction — The book incorporates elements of science fiction, particularly in its exploration of time travel and alternate realities.