After being sent to the country "to learn to be good", the Bastable children and their two friends form the Society of the Wouldbegoods, but continue to become

Sent away to the country after a particularly unruly episode, the well-meaning but wayward Bastable children solemnly vow to reform their behavior. But their gr

The Story of the Treasure Seekers (1899) is a children's novel by English writer Edith Nesbit. The first book in Nesbit's beloved Bastable trilogy--which also i

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The Wouldbegoods: Being the Further Adventures of the Treasure Seekers by E. Nesbit: The Wouldbegoods is a charming children's novel by E. Nesbit, serving as a