Posted by andy clayton on January 05, 2012 at 04:10:02 user cousin_jack.
In Reply to: Re: Clear Ransome influence posted by Adam Quinan on January 05, 2012 at 03:01:34:
Yes. It helps to expand the readership if there are a variety of characters to identify with, and in those days large families were the norm. My mother was one of six.
Nesbit's other famous book is 'The Railway Children'. In this book the children have to deal with real life situations rather than the magic of 'Five children and it'.
She was a good writer.