The Literary Sense

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The Literary Sense is a 1903 collection of short stories for adults by Edith Nesbit (1858 - 1924). Nesbit was an English poet and author who published more than 60 children’s books under the name E. Nesbit. She was also a political activist and co-founded the Fabian Society, which had a significant influence on the Labour Party and British politics in general. Other notable works by this author include: The Prophet’s Mantle (1885), Something Wrong (1886), and The Marden Mystery (1896). Contents include: The Unfaithful Lover , Rounding off a Scene , the Obvious , The Lie Absolute , The Girl with the Guitar , The Man with the Boots , The Second Best , A Holiday , The Force of Habit . The Brute . Dick, Tom and Harry , Miss Eden’s Baby . The Lover, the Girl, and the Onlooker , The Duel , Cinderella , With an E , Under the New Moon , etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.