The Story of the Amulet, Edith Nesbit
The Story of the Amulet, Edith Nesbit
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The Story of the Amulet

Author: Edith Nesbit

Narrator: Rosie Akerman

Unabridged: 8 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/20/2021

Synopsis

The third installment of Edith Nesbit's Psammead Trilogy continues to follow the lives of the original five children and their magical endeavors. The children once again encounter the Psammead, but this time they also discover an ancient amulet that contains time-traveling powers and fuels their adventure throughout the novel. As the children experience different civilizations through time, they meet a multitude of new characters and explore many notable locales such as Atlantis before the flood, Babylon, and the Tin Islands. Profiting greatly from Nesbit's deep research of ancient civilizations, this final installment is a joyous listen for adults and children.

About Edith Nesbit

Edith Nesbit (1858-1924) was an English author and poet who wrote or collaborated on more than sixty books of children's literature. Called the first modern writer for children, she wrote in a style that combined realistic contemporary children in real-world settings with magical objects and included adventures and sometimes travel to imaginary worlds. In so doing, she influenced many subsequent writers, including P. L. Travers, C. S. Lewis, and J. K. Rowling.

About Rosie Akerman

Rosie Akerman is a professional and committed voiceover artist who has narrated several audiobooks in multiple genres. In addition to audiobooks, she has also lent her voice to eLearning tapes, online commercials, documentaries, and telephony systems.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Manny on January 16, 2013

London, 23rd November 1905 Dear Virginia, The Story of the Amulet is at last finished, and I delivered it to the publishers yesterday! I must admit that I am not entirely satisfied, and maybe I should not have spent quite so much time discussing it with my dear friends at the Fabian Society. At first......more

Goodreads review by Roger on August 08, 2017

Childhood Archaeology The Story of the Amulet is the third of Edith Nesbit's Psammead Trilogy, about four children in Edwardian England who find a sand-fairy (a cantankerous creature like a dilapidated monkey with bat ears and snail eyes) with the power to grant wishes. After the calamities that foll......more

Goodreads review by Judy on August 13, 2010

This was one of my favorite books when I was growing up. I decided to re-read it as part of my research for the memoir I am writing. I have a tattered copy of the 1965 Puffin paperback edition, which came free with any purchase at a used bookstore. The pages are yellowed but they are all there as we......more

Goodreads review by Emily on January 01, 2015

I read some E. Nesbit as a child, and felt that she was an author I should like, but somehow never really warmed to her. The writing style was a bit too stilted, even for my tastes, which were decidedly more old fashioned than those of my peers. I appreciate her now much more, now that I've learned......more

Goodreads review by Chris on August 03, 2012

In this third volume of the series (following Five Children and It and The Phoenix and the Carpet), Nesbit finally succumbs to the temptation to get socialist and preachy. There is a revolt of the workers in Ancient Egypt where the rabble-rouser addressed the rabble with 'Comrades!', a visit to a so......more

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