Edith Nesbit

The Enchanted Castle Edith Nesbit

A big estate in the West Country seen through the eyes of three children, who discover it while exploring. The blue lake, the pink marble statues, with white towers and turrets in the distance, make a setting like a fairy tale. They find in the middle a maze in the rose garden and they find a sleeping fairy princess. The "princess" tells them that the castle is full of magic. She shows them the treasures of the castle. There is also a magic ring she says is a ring of invisibility, but when it actually turns her invisible she panics and admits that she is the housekeeper's niece, Mabel, and was just play-acting, but then the children soon discover that the ring has other magical powers.