Project Gutenberg 1997-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 548 Nesbit, E. (Edith) 1858 1924 Nesbit, Edith Bland, Edith Nesbit The Story of the Treasure Seekers Being the Adventures of the Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune Produced by Jo Churcher, and David Widger "The Story of the Treasure Seekers" by E. Nesbit is a children's novel written in the late 19th century. The book narrates the adventures of the Bastable siblings, who, in an attempt to restore their family's fallen fortunes after their mother's death, embark on various treasure-seeking escapades filled with imagination and mischief. The central character is Oswald, one of the Bastable children, who emerges as the planner and leader of their whimsical quests. The opening of the story introduces the Bastable family, who live in a modest home on Lewisham Road. It sets the tone for their adventures by establishing the family's financial struggles and the children's playful determination to search for treasure. Oswald leads a council meeting with his siblings, expressing his idea to seek fortune. Each child presents a series of imaginative approaches to treasure-hunting, from daring escapades like robbery to experimenting with divining rods. The narrative captures the playful banter between the children as they consider various methods for uncovering hidden riches, shedding light on their camaraderie and spirited personalities. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Siblings -- Fiction Family life -- England -- Fiction Imagination -- Fiction Moneymaking projects -- Fiction Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction PR PZ Text Children's Literature Children's Fiction Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Fiction 360257 360266 2024-09-01T07:14:24.387572 2023-10-01T06:46:18.800160 text/html text/html 378317 2021-01-27T23:35:43 text/html; charset=utf-8 119287 2021-01-27T23:35:43 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 169086 2024-09-01T07:14:30.105547 application/epub+zip 173369 2024-09-01T07:14:25.821570 application/epub+zip 173369 2024-09-01T07:14:24.962559 application/epub+zip 330466 2024-09-01T07:14:33.398551 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 310949 2024-09-01T07:14:29.540552 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 331174 2022-09-01T08:05:05.669233 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 301560 301536 2024-09-01T07:14:23.556581 2023-10-01T06:46:18.162150 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 307870 2016-10-11T06:29:30 text/plain; charset=utf-8 112703 2016-10-11T06:31:58 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 301329 2008-08-06T07:29:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 111868 2008-08-06T07:30:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22003 2024-09-01T07:14:33.543518 application/rdf+xml 14061 2024-09-01T07:14:25.321573 image/jpeg 3693 2024-09-01T07:14:25.137561 image/jpeg 164822 2024-09-01T07:14:24.417576 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia