Man-Size in Marble

Edith Nesbit

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Man-Size in Marble by Edith Nesbit is offered here in a clean English digital edition prepared for fluent ebook reading. The work stands within classics and gives modern readers direct access to a public-domain classic with navigable structure and a restrained typographic presentation. The opening pages establish the book's atmosphere with this first movement: Although every word of this story is as true as despair, I do not expect people to believe it. Nowadays a "rational explanation" is required before belief is possible. Let me then, at once, offer the "rational explanation" which finds most favor among those who have heard the tale of my life's trage This edition is suited to readers who want a reliable, uncluttered version of the text for study, rediscovery, and sustained reading.

Disponibile da: 06/06/2026.

Lunghezza di stampa: 18 pagine.

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