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The Magic City

by Edith Nesbit & Harold Robert Millar (Illustrator)

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  • Language: English

"The Magic City" by E. Nesbit is a children's book published in 1910. When Philip builds a giant model city from household objects to cope with his sister's absence, he discovers himself magically transported inside his own creation. Joined reluctantly by his new stepsister Lucy, Philip must complete seven great deeds to prove himself the prophesied Deliverer rather than the Destroyer, navigating a world populated by toy soldiers, Mr. Noah, and mysterious creatures. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ritual magic and grimoires.

  • Ritual magic and grimoires

    Controlled discovery queries from project-gutenberg matched “magic”. Retained metadata contains “Magic” in the title, “Magic” in the description, and “Magic” in the edition title.

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2007-02-16Project GutenbergEnglishPublic domain (USA)

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