[GROUP/CHILDREN'S FICTION] Oswald Bastable and Others, By Edith Nesbit - thw

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Oswald Bastable and Others, by E. Nesbit (1858 - 1924)
This book is a collection of short stories about different children. Four of the stories feature the Bastable children.
(Summary by Natalia )
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28804

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I'll MC.

MW ready. You need genres and keywords; I found the copyright year of 1905.

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Hi Natalia

Could I claim - THE TWOPENNY SPELL

Thanks

Steve
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Post by ballethorse »

ToddHW wrote: April 27th, 2024, 8:09 am I'll MC.

MW ready. You need genres and keywords; I found the copyright year of 1905.

Thanks, Todd
The Project template generator won't work for me unless I only fill out the necessary information. I don't really know about keywords because i have not read the whole thing yet.
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Steve wrote: April 27th, 2024, 10:53 am Hi Natalia

Could I claim - THE TWOPENNY SPELL

Thanks

Steve
Yes.
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Post by Apophennec »

Would you like a DPL? :)
"She Died. I was saved." - No Longer Human, Osamu Dazai
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Apophennec wrote: April 27th, 2024, 5:10 pm Would you like a DPL? :)
Yes, that would be great!
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Added DPL.

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Moved to Readers Wanted

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Post by mummibee »

Could I please take section 5?
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Post by 4324GF »

Hello
Has anyone claimed The White Horse? I would love to read this story if its open.

Thank you
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Post by PaulKGuerra »

May I claim section 13, the Princess and the Cat please?

Thank you.

Paul Guerra
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mummibee wrote: April 29th, 2024, 1:46 pm Could I please take section 5?
Yes
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4324GF wrote: April 29th, 2024, 3:11 pm Hello
Has anyone claimed The White Horse? I would love to read this story if its open.

Thank you
Gila
Yes
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PaulKGuerra wrote: April 29th, 2024, 10:57 pm May I claim section 13, the Princess and the Cat please?

Thank you.

Paul Guerra
Yes, you may have this one. Could you please tell me what you want your catalog name to be? It can be your username or your real name, whichever you prefer.
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