The Story of the Amulet

E. Nesbit

• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Year: 2018
• eBook ISBN:
  9780486832685
• Print ISBN:
  9780486822518

The kids from Five Children and It are back, and so is "It," their magical friend. While poking around a Camden Town pet shop, Robert, Anthea, Cyril, and Jane reencounter It, who directs them to half of a powerful amulet that will allow them to travel through time. If the children can find the other half, the amulet will grant their heart's desire: the safe return of their parents and baby brother from abroad.
So begins a series of fantastical journeys that transport the kids from Edwardian London to ancient Egypt, the lost island of Atlantis, and a utopian future. They meet a Babylonian queen, who returns with them to the present to reclaim her property from the British Museum, and they chat with Julius Caesar, who's contemplating his invasion of Britain. Generations of readers have fallen under the spell of E. Nesbit's witty tales of supernatural adventures, and The Story of the Amulet continues to enchant readers of all ages.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Dedication
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• List of Illustrations
• Chapter 1: The Psammead
• Chapter 2: The Half Amulet
• Chapter 3: The Past
• Chapter 4: Eight Thousand Years Ago
• Chapter 5: The Fight in the Village
• Chapter 6: The Way to Babylon
• Chapter 7: “The Deepest Dungeon Below the Castle Moat”
• Chapter 8: The Queen in London
• Chapter 9: Atlantis
• Chapter 10: The Little Black Girl and Julius Cæsar
• Chapter 11: Before Pharaoh
• Chapter 12: The Sorry-Present and the Expelled Little Boy
• Chapter 13: The Shipwreck on the Tin Islands
• Chapter 14: The Heart’s Desire