The Railway Children

E. Nesbit, C. E. Brock

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Virago
01 December 2017

Classic fiction (pre c 1945); Children's & Educational; Classic fiction (Children's&YA)

Series: Virago Modern Classics

WITH ALL THE ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS BY C. E. BROCK, REPRODUCED FROM THE ORIGINAL EDITION

When their father is suddenly taken away, the children's lives change overnight. Unable to afford their London home, the family must move to a small cottage in the Yorkshire countryside. Hiding their sadness from their mother, Roberta, Peter and Phyllis roam the fields all day. Every morning they can be seen waving as the 9.15 train roars past, imagining that it will can carry their love to their father, wherever he may be. The trio become a familiar sight and their bravery and quick-thinking avert a railway disaster.

There is a kind old gentleman passenger never fails to wave back - little do the children realise how much his friendship will mean to them, especially in solving the mystery to their father's disappearance.

By: E. Nesbit
Illustrated by: C. E. Brock
Imprint: Virago
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 2451
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 198g
ISBN: 9780349009322
ISBN 10: 0349009325
Series: Virago Modern Classics
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 01 December 2017
Audience: Children/juvenile , General/trade , English as a second language , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

E. Nesbit (Author) Edith Nesbit (1858-1924) is perhaps most famous for writing The Railway Children and Five Children and It, but she was extremely prolific and wrote or collaborated on more than sixty children's books. Nesbit is today recognised as one of the most influential and innovative children's writers that ever lived, and is cited as an inspiration by many contemporary authors, including J. K. Rowling, Neil Gaiman, Jacqueline Wilson, Kate Saunders and Frank Cottrell-Boyce. Even C. S. Lewis acknowledged the debt his Narnia series owed to her work - particularly the Bastable and Psammead trilogies.

Reviews for The Railway Children

I love her books Neil Gaiman My all-time favourite classic children's author Jacqueline Wilson Edith Nesbit is endlessly surprising and inventive ... She is also simply the funniest writer we have ever had, while being the one who could most easily and sweetly break your heart with a phrase. Just try saying Daddy oh my Daddy without catching your breath Frank Cottrell-Boyce By turns sweet and serious, this much loved classic is above all a celebration of kindness and hope Kiran Millwood Hargrave