An extraordinary range of writers turned to a form of writing where they created “Wonderlands”, “Neverlands” – places of happiness in which children were portrayed as living in a happy world, where sorrow and the difficulties and tragedies of adult life were simply removed. But the authors of these magical stories had lives that consisted of great unhappiness, often using their creativity to overcome terrible adversities.
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Immerse yourself in the worlds of some of history's finest authors, revealing much about their character and the time they lived in. Lewis Carroll, Arthur Ransome and A. A. Milne.
J.M. Barrie, Beatrix Potter, Edith Nesbit and Frances Hodgson Burnett
Noel Streatfeild, Enid Blyton, Rudyard Kipling and Kenneth Grahame
JRR Tolkien and Erskine Childers