# Father — The Story of the Treasure Seekers character guide

> Father in The Story of the Treasure Seekers by E. Nesbit.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Father⁠

**First appearance:** 0001-the-story-of-the-treasure-seekers

## Snapshot

A widowed father whose fallen fortunes and refusal to discuss money turn his six children into amateur treasure hunters on his behalf.

## Who they are

Father presides over the semi-detached house in Lewisham Road, where vanished silver, yellowy-white new spoons, and no more dinner guests mark the family's decline. He loves his children but keeps his worries to himself, and his rule against asking for new things becomes one of the ways the Bastables know the family fortunes have truly fallen. His silent struggle gives the children's treasure-seeking its purpose and its poignancy.

## In the story

### [The Poet and the Editor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_the_treasure_seekers_se/chapters/v-the-poet-and-the-editor)

Mentioned as taking the Daily Chronicle and having a study.

### [The G.B.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_the_treasure_seekers_se/chapters/ix-the-g-b)

Father receives a letter from Mr. Rosenbaum, talks to the children about consulting him on business, and appears more cheerful after the letter lifts a weight off his mind.

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