Phoenix and the Carpet
by E. Nesbit
Chapter 1 of 12 The Egg
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- Running time
- 6 h 37 min
- Language
- English
- Readers
- Alana Jordan, K Hindall, Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023), Lucy Lo Faro, Marion and 3 others
Chapters
About this recording
The Phoenix and the Carpet is a fantasy novel for children, written in 1904 by E. Nesbit. It is the second in a trilogy of novels that began with Five Children and It (1902), and follows the adventures of the same five protagonists – Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane and the Lamb. Their mother buys the children a new carpet to replace the one from the nursery that was destroyed in an unfortunate fire accident. Through a series of exciting events, the children find an egg in the carpet which cracks into a talking Phoenix. The Phoenix explains that the carpet is a magical one that will grant them three wishes per day. (Summary from Wikipedia)
