
Book Details
The Railway Children (Wordsworth Children's Classics)
Nesbit, E.
Summary
When Father mysteriously goes away, the children and their mother leave their happy life in London to go and live in a small cottage in the country.
When Father mysteriously goes away, the children and their mother leave their happy life in London to go and live in a small cottage in the country. 'The Three Chimneys' lies beside a railway track - a constant source of enjoyment to all three. They make friends with the Station Master and Perks the Porter, as well as the jovial 'Old Gentleman' who waves to them everyday from the train. But the mystery remains: where is Father, and will he ever return?
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Highlights
- Easy to enjoy: 309 pages · Paperback
- By Nesbit, E.
Details
- ISBN: 9781853261077
- Author: Nesbit, E.
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 309
- Language: English
- Publication date: 5 March 1993
- Condition: New
- Rating: 3.95 (5 reviews)
About the authors
Nesbit, E. and Edith Nesbit and Charles Edmund Brock · Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
Reviews
Average rating: 3.95/5 · 5 reviews
Three children try to solve the mystery of their father's disappearance when they move from London to a country cottage and befriend the porter on the local railway. They were not railway children to begin with.

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