THE LIFE AND LOVES OF E. NESBIT: AUTHOR OF THE RAILWAY CHILDREN
Book ID/图书代码： 00530020C00002
English Summary/英文概要： Edith Nesbit is considered the inventor of the children’s adventure story and her brilliant children’s books influenced bestselling authors including C.S. Lewis, P. L. Travers, J.K. Rowling, and Jacqueline Wilson, to name but a few. But who was the person behind the best loved classics The Railway Childrenand Five Children and It? Her once-happy childhood was eclipsed by the chronic illness and early death of her sister. In adulthood, she found herself at the centre of a love triangle between her husband and her close friend. She raised their children as her own.
Yet despite these troubling circumstances Nesbit was playful, contradictory and creative. She hosted legendary parties at her idiosyncratic Well Hall home and was described by George Bernard Shaw – one of several lovers – as ‘audaciously unconventional’. She was also an outspoken Marxist and founding member of the Fabian Society. Through Nesbit’s letters and deep archival research, Eleanor Fitzsimons reveals her as a prolific activist and writer on socialism. Nesbit railed against inequity, social injustice and state-sponsored oppression and incorporated her avant-garde ideas into her writing, influencing a generation of children – an aspect of her legacy examined here for the first time.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 伊迪丝•内斯比特被认为是儿童冒险故事的发明者，她出色的儿童读物影响了刘易斯、特拉弗斯、罗琳和杰奎琳•威尔等畅销书作家。但是谁是最受欢迎的经典电影《铁路孩子》和《五个孩子和它》的幕后主使呢?她曾经快乐的童年被她姐姐的慢性疾病和早逝掩盖了。成年后，她发现自己处于丈夫和密友三角恋爱的中心。她把他们的孩子当作自己的孩子抚养。
然而，尽管有这些令人不安的环境，内斯比特仍然是顽皮的，矛盾的和创造性的。她在自己独特的威尔厅家中举办了传奇的派对，被乔治•萧伯纳——她的几个情人之一——形容为“大胆的非传统”。她还是一个直言不讳的马克思主义者，也是费边社的创始成员。通过内斯比特的信件和深入的档案研究，埃莉诺•菲茨西蒙斯揭示了她是一位多产的社会主义活动家和作家。内斯比特抨击不平等、社会不公和国家支持的压迫，并将她的前卫思想融入到她的作品中，影响了一代孩子——本文首次审视了她遗产的一个方面（WYL)
Awards/获奖情况：获得了红宝石非小说奖价值￡10000
“埃莉诺•菲茨西蒙斯的辛勤研究让我们对具有开创性的儿童作家奈斯比特怪异的波西米亚生活有了新的了解。这是一本很棒的读物。”——杰奎琳•威尔逊
“绝对一流!”——《云雀战争》的儿童作家希拉里•麦凯(入围科斯塔图书奖)
“在这本姗姗来迟的新传记中，埃莉诺•菲茨西蒙斯向我们细致入微而又引人注目地描绘了内斯比特丰富多彩的个性、生活和作品，以及她生活的政治和文化活跃环境。”——《寻找玛丽•雪莱》的作者菲奥娜•桑普森
“埃莉诺•菲茨西蒙斯的《伊迪丝•内斯比特的生活与爱:维多利亚时代的反传统者》、儿童作家和《铁路儿童》的作者获得了价值1万英镑的红宝石非小说奖。”
Won the Rubery Non-fiction Prize worth ￡10,000
’Eleanor Fitzsimons’ painstaking research gives us a new insight into the bizarre Bohemian life of the groundbreaking children’s author E. Nesbit. It’s a fantastic read.’ Jacqueline Wilson
’Absolutely superb!’ Hilary McKay, children s author of The Skylarks War (shortlisted for the Costa Book Awards)
’In this long-overdue new biography, Eleanor Fitzsimons gives us a nuanced yet compelling portrait of E. Nesbit’s many-facetted personality, life and works, as well as of the politically and culturally vibrant milieu in which she lived.’ Fiona Sampson, author of In Search of Mary Shelley
Eleanor Fitzsimons’s The Life and Loves of Edith Nesbit: Victorian Iconoclast, Children’s Author, and Creator of The Railway Children won the Rubery Non-fiction Prize worth ￡10,000
About the Author/作者介绍： 埃莉诺•菲茨西蒙斯是一名研究人员、作家、记者和播音员，专门研究历史和当前的女权主义问题。她的作品发表在一系列报纸和期刊上，包括《星期日泰晤士报》、《卫报》和《爱尔兰时报》，她还定期为电台和电视撰稿。
ELEANOR FITZSIMONS is a researcher, writer, journalist and broadcaster specialising in historical and current feminist issues. Her work has been published in a range of newspapers and journals including the Sunday Times, the Guardian and the Irish Times and she is a regular radio and television contributor.
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