Project Gutenberg 1997-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 986 Nesbit, E. (Edith) 1858 1924 Nesbit, Edith Bland, Edith Nesbit The Story of the Treasure Seekers Being the Adventures of the Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_the_Treasure_Seekers Produced by Jo Churcher, and David Widger "The Story of the Treasure Seekers" by E. Nesbit is a children's novel written in the late 19th century. The book narrates the adventures of the Bastable siblings, who, in an attempt to restore their family's fallen fortunes after their mother's death, embark on various treasure-seeking escapades filled with imagination and mischief. The central character is Oswald, one of the Bastable children, who emerges as the planner and leader of their whimsical quests. The opening of the story introduces the Bastable family, who live in a modest home on Lewisham Road. It sets the tone for their adventures by establishing the family's financial struggles and the children's playful determination to search for treasure. Oswald leads a council meeting with his siblings, expressing his idea to seek fortune. Each child presents a series of imaginative approaches to treasure-hunting, from daring escapades like robbery to experimenting with divining rods. The narrative captures the playful banter between the children as they consider various methods for uncovering hidden riches, shedding light on their camaraderie and spirited personalities. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 88.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Siblings -- Fiction Family life -- England -- Fiction Imagination -- Fiction Moneymaking projects -- Fiction Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction PR PZ Text Children's Literature Children's Fiction Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: British Literature 365458 2025-08-01T07:17:35.318959 text/html 356379 2025-02-23T12:43:02 text/html 190030 2025-08-01T07:17:41.442936 application/epub+zip 194032 2025-08-01T07:17:37.155951 application/epub+zip 194032 2025-08-01T07:17:36.001988 application/epub+zip 374697 2025-08-01T07:17:44.720916 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 353230 2025-08-01T07:17:40.774932 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 331174 2022-09-01T08:05:05.669233 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 307885 2025-08-01T07:17:34.209010 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 288091 2025-02-23T12:43:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 301329 2008-08-06T07:29:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22463 2025-08-01T07:17:44.880922 application/rdf+xml 13914 2025-08-01T07:17:36.541954 image/jpeg 3674 2025-08-01T07:17:36.282966 image/jpeg 112703 2016-10-11T06:31:58 application/octet-stream application/zip 119287 2021-01-27T23:35:43 application/octet-stream application/zip 111868 2008-08-06T07:30:42 application/octet-stream application/zip 183462 2025-08-01T07:17:35.345982 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia