The Phoenix And The Carpet

Four children discover a strange egg hidden in an old carpet from which hatches a talking phoenix.

The phoenix and the carpet.

There s jolly well something to wake up for today. Miriam margolyes jean alexander christopher biggins and david suchet phoenix s voice. Previously adapted for british television in 1976 edith nesbit s 1904 children s novel the phoenix and the carpet was again brought to the small screen by the bbc beginning november 16 1997. She wrote 44 books including the railway children 1906 and five children and it 1902.

It is the second in a trilogy of novels that begins with five children and it 1902 and follows the adventures of the same five children. A phoenix and a flying carpet aren t of course really within one s everyday experience but at heart the events that take place and many of this fantasy s settings are taken from real life a fair few of which hark back to nesbit s own childhood in the victorian period. This adaptation has an all star cast. Magic juvenile fiction subject.

Further adventures are had when the carpet turns out to be magic. Brothers and sisters juvenile fiction subject. With miriam margolyes ivan berry lesley dunlop ben simpson. The phoenix and the carpet language.

But like i said it s worth it especially when you consider that you were able to enjoy five children and it for free. Great britain history edward vii 1901 1910. The book was written by edith nesbit in 1904. Cyril anthea robert jane and the lamb.

The carpet is as real as it ever was said the phoenix rather contemptuously. This is the british bbc adaptation of the phoenix and the carpet from 1997. The phoenix and the carpet is a fantasy novel for children written by e. Four young children hope for anything to happen and when they become owners of the phoenix their adventure begins.