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The Railway Children

Author
Edith Nesbit
Read by
Eloise Fairfax
Language
English
Length
5 hours 36 minutes
ISBN
9781802562200
Published
2 January 2025
Imprint
Sovereign
  • sibling
  • countryside
  • railway
  • adventure
  • family secrets
  • resilience
  • friendship
  • adversity
  • hope
  • innocence

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Description

Bobbie, Peter, and Phyllis go with Mother to Three Chimneys after Father vanishes under a prison rumour and a false charge. The railway below the cottage becomes their work and hope: the Old Gentleman’s train, a landslide to stop, a Russian exile, Perks, and flags waved until Father can ride home. Childhood as station courage, with wheels, coal, and a wave that means waiting well.

Author

E. Nesbit (1858–1924) reinvented children's literature by letting magic walk into ordinary English life — leftover tea, railway platforms, and wishes that go wrong in the most practical ways. The Railway Children, the Bastable books, and the Psammead adventures taught young readers that wonder need not be solemn. Nesbit wrote as an adult who still remembered how children actually talk: funny, fierce, and rarely pious.

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