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===Other legacy=== *Actress [[Judy Parfitt]] portrayed Nesbit in the 1972β1973 miniseries ''[[The Edwardians (miniseries)|The Edwardians]]''<ref>{{Cite book |title=Trevor Griffiths: Politics, Drama, History |page=105 |author=Stanton B. Garner |year=1999 |publisher=[[University of Michigan Press]]}}</ref> *The Edith Nesbit Society was founded in 1996 with Dame [[Jacqueline Wilson]] as president.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://edithnesbit.co.uk/index.php |website=edithnesbit.co.uk |title=Edith Nesbit Society |access-date=2020-07-28}}</ref> *In ''[[The Guardian]]'' in 2001, [[Francis Spufford]] placed ''[[The Story of the Amulet]]'' first on his list of greatest children's books.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Spufford |first=Francis |date=29 November 2001 |title=The greatest stories ever told |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2001/nov/30/bestbooksoftheyear.artsfeatures10}}</ref> *[[A. S. Byatt]]'s 2009 novel ''[[The Children's Book]]'' is inspired partly by Nesbit, who appears as a character along with [[Kenneth Grahame]] and [[J. M. Barrie]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Clark |first=Alex |date=8 May 2009 |title=Her Dark Materials |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/may/09/as-byatt-childrens-book}}</ref> *Nesbit's life inspired a one-act, one-woman play, ''Larks and Magic'', by Alison Neil, in 2018.<ref>[http://alisonneil.co.uk/the%20shows/larks%20and%20magic.html Larks and Magic] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180218210348/http://alisonneil.co.uk/the%20shows/larks%20and%20magic.html |date=18 February 2018 }} at alisonneil.co.uk, Accessed 18 February 2018.</ref><ref>[https://www.uktw.co.uk/archive/Backwell/Backwell-Playhouse/One/Larks-and-Magic/L1377008432/ 'Larks and Magic', a new play by Alison Neil] at uktw.co.uk, Accessed 18 February 2018.</ref><ref>[http://www.brockweirvillagehall.co.uk/news.html BROCKWEIR EVENTS at the Mac Hall LARKS AND MAGIC Saturday 17th February, 7.30 for 8.00 Written and performed by Alison Neil] at brockweirvillagehall.co.uk. Accessed 18 February 2018.</ref> * Several of Nesbit's horror short stories were adapted into the anthology play ''The Shadow in the Dark'' by Oliver Giggins and Ash Pryce, which also drew on elements of Nesbit's own life and fears taken from her autobiographical writings. The show premiered at the Edinburgh Horror Festival in 2023.<ref>[https://www.noisyghost.co.uk/ at noisyghost.co.uk]. Accessed 19 September 2023.</ref> * American children's book author [[Edward Eager]] considered Nesbit the best children's author of all time; his books have been compared to Nesbit's and his characters are often fans of her work.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Eager |first1=Edward |title=Daily Magic |url=https://www.hbook.com/story/daily-magic |website=The Horn Book |access-date=16 April 2024}}</ref> * ''Woman of Stone'', the Christmas Eve 2024 episode of the [[BBC|BBC's]] '[[A Ghost Story for Christmas]]' strand, is an adaptation of Nesbit's horror story ''Man-Size in Marble''. The film, written and directed by [[Mark Gatiss]], features [[Celia Imrie]] as Nesbit.
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