The Railway Children

Credits: E. Nesbit (author)

Summary

The Railway Children is a children's book by Edith Nesbit. Originally serialised in The London Magazine in thirteen instalments from January 1905 to January 1906, it was published in book form in 1906. It has been adapted for the screen several times, of which the best known is the 1970 film version. This book uses the racial and other slurs of its period as written; the Book Guide explains these words where they occur.

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  • French · Les Enfants du chemin de fer · ai translation · complete
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Chapters (14)

  1. 1. The beginning of things
  2. 2. Peter's coal-mine
  3. 3. The old gentleman
  4. 4. The engine-burglar
  5. 5. Prisoners and captives
  6. 6. Saviours of the train
  7. 7. For valour
  8. 8. The amateur firemen
  9. 9. The pride of Perks
  10. 10. The terrible secret
  11. 11. The hound in the red jersey
  12. 12. What Bobbie brought home
  13. 13. The hound's grandfather
  14. 14. The End

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