NESBIT, Edith, & Hubert Bland, as Fabian Bland.

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The Prophet's Mantle. First hardback edition of Nesbit's first novel, co-authored by her husband. Written shortly after she joined the Fabian Society, the novel is about the early days of the socialist movement. It "is indirectly informative about the Blands' current concerns and attitudes. Writing under pressure, they increasingly found themselves drawing upon their own experiences in creating character and situation" (Briggs, p. 71). One of the characters was inspired by the anarchist Peter Kropotkin (Fitzsimons, p. 72).It was first published in 1885 in wrappers and was also published in 1889 in the US as part of Belford, Clarke, & Company's Household Library series.

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