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The House of Arden
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Author Edith Nesbit
Illustrator H. R. Millar
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre Fantasy, Children's Novel
Publisher T. Fisher Unwin
Publication date
1908
Media type Print (hardback & paperback)
Followed by Harding's Luck 

The House of Arden is a novel for children, written in 1908 by English author Edith Nesbit.

Plot summary

Two impoverished children, Edred and Elfrida Arden, inherit the decrepit Arden Castle and search for the lost family fortune that will allow them to rebuild it. With the assistance of the magical Mouldiwarp, they travel back in time to earlier periods of English history, searching for clues.

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