Title: Dormant
Title Record # 197008
Author: E. Nesbit
Date: 1911-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
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Author: E. Nesbit
Date: 1911-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
Note:
The one fantasy among Nesbit's later (20th century?) "romantic novels for adults", "concerning a woman kept immune from ageing in suspended animation for over 50 years".
--SFE: Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997), biographical entry by Lisa Tuttle.
First published as a serial in The Red Magazine, May 15 to August 1, 1911.
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- Science fiction novel about a girl revived after 50 years in suspended animation.
- "What effect the latest discoveries in chemistry exert upon a romance of a bygone age; how a husband is blessed with a wife who is unable to grow old, and the resulting complications; and how true love triumphs over science ...". --publisher advertisement "The Latest Books" (6) NY Times 1912-09-15 pBR503 "An ingenious and daring treatment of the effect which the latest discoveries in chemistry exert upon a passionate romance." --entire blurb in publisher advert "New Books for Christmas" (dozens) NYT -12-01 pBR703
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Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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Dormant | 1911-09-00 | E. Nesbit | Methuen | 6/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
ii+ 312 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | |||
Rose Royal | 1912-09-00 | E. Nesbit | Dodd, Mead & Co. | $1.25?$: US dollar |
419 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel |