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Edith Nesbit was a popular children’s author of the late Victorian and early Edwardian eras in Britain. Though she was writing more than a century ago, her books nevertheless remain popular and are generally still in print.
The House of Arden was published in 1908. Like her other, perhaps better known tales, such as Five Children and It, the story takes quite ordinary children of the time and plunges them into fantastical adventures.
In this book, two children, with the interesting Saxon names of Edred and Elfrida, aged 10 and 12 respectively, discover that due to the death of a distant relative, young Edred is now Lord of Arden. The estate consists of not much more than a little money, a crumbling castle, and an attached house. An old retainer tells them of a legend regarding the Lord of Arden and a buried treasure. Naturally they are eager to locate the treasure, which may help them restore the castle. They discover a way to summon up the mascot of the House, a white mole or “mouldiwarp,” who enables them to travel back through time in search of the treasure.
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House of Arden
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The House of Arden: Large Print
Oct 23, 2019, Independently published, Independently Published
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House of Arden: A Story for Children
2019, Independently Published
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House of Arden: A Story for Children
2018, Independently Published
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House of Arden: Fantasy, Children's Novel
2018, Independently Published
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The House of Arden
Jun 30, 2016, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
paperback
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HOUSE of ARDEN: Illustrated Classics Vol. 21
2016, Independently Published
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The House of Arden
Jun 13, 2012, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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The House Of Arden (Classic Books on Cassettes Collection) [UNABRIDGED] (Classic Books on Cassettes Collection)
January 30, 1999, Audio Book Contractors, Inc.
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The House of Arden: A Story for Children (Puffin Classics)
October 7, 1986, Puffin
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Die Kinder von Arden
1982, Cecile Dressler Verlag
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The famous Arden family treasure has been missing for generations, and the last members of the Arden line, Edred, Elfrida, and their Aunt Edith, have nothing to their names but the crumbling castle they live in. Just before his tenth birthday, Edred inherits the title of Lord Arden; he also learns that the missing fortune will be his if—and only if—he can find it before the turns ten. With no time to lose, Edred and Elfrida secure the help of a magical talking creature, the temperamental Mouldiwarp, who leads them on a treasure hunt through the ages. Together, brother and sister visit some of the most thrilling periods of history and test their wits against real witches, highwaymen, and renegades. They find plenty of adventure, but will they find the treasure before Edred’s birthday?
[Source: Penguin / Random House]
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