The Phoenix And The Carpet

The phoenix and the carpet is a fantasy novel for children written by e.

The phoenix and the carpet.

Previously adapted for british television in 1976 edith nesbit s 1904 children s novel the phoenix and the carpet was again brought to the small screen by the bbc beginning november 16 1997. Four children discover a strange egg hidden in an old carpet from which hatches a talking phoenix. With miriam margolyes ivan berry lesley dunlop ben simpson. Four young children hope for anything to happen and when they become owners of the phoenix their adventure begins.

This is the british bbc adaptation of the phoenix and the carpet from 1997. The book was written by edith nesbit in 1904. Nesbit and first published in 1904. A phoenix and a flying carpet aren t of course really within one s everyday experience but at heart the events that take place and many of this fantasy s settings are taken from real life a fair few of which hark back to nesbit s own childhood in the victorian period.

2 for the phoenix and the carpet you must buy this random house digital inc version project gutenberg has only a non illustrated version. Great britain history edward vii 1901 1910. Brothers and sisters juvenile fiction subject. But like i said it s worth it especially when you consider that you were able to enjoy five children and it for free.

She wrote 44 books including the railway children 1906 and five children and it 1902. The carpet is as real as it ever was said the phoenix rather contemptuously. Further adventures are had when the carpet turns out to be magic. The phoenix and the carpet language.

It is the second in a trilogy of novels that begins with five children and it 1902 and follows the adventures of the same five children. Cyril anthea robert jane and the lamb. Miriam margolyes jean alexander christopher biggins and david suchet phoenix s voice. Magic juvenile fiction subject.