The Railway Children (eBook, ePUB) - Nesbit, E.
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This classic-adapted for radio, television, stage, and screen-" has a special and enduring place in British children's literature" ( The Guardian). Roberta, Peter, and Phyllis used to live in London. But their father, who worked at the Foreign Office, was accused of spying-and now he's in prison. So they've moved with their mother to the Yorkshire countryside, to a house near the railway called the Three Chimneys. They may have much less money than they did before, but the siblings still have a great deal of adventures, and soon they make plenty of new friends: the "Old Gentleman," who takes…mehr

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This classic-adapted for radio, television, stage, and screen-" has a special and enduring place in British children's literature" ( The Guardian). Roberta, Peter, and Phyllis used to live in London. But their father, who worked at the Foreign Office, was accused of spying-and now he's in prison. So they've moved with their mother to the Yorkshire countryside, to a house near the railway called the Three Chimneys. They may have much less money than they did before, but the siblings still have a great deal of adventures, and soon they make plenty of new friends: the "Old Gentleman," who takes the 9:15 train, plus the station porter, the stationmaster, an engineer, a fireman, and a mysterious Russian man who steps off the tracks with a remarkable story to tell. Before long, the Old Gentleman will do something very special to help his young chums-and the children will have their own chance to be heroes as well...
Autorenporträt
E. Nesbit (1858-1924) began writing for young adults after a successful career in magazines. Using her own unconventional childhood as a jumping-off point, she published novels that combined reality, fantasy, and humor. Expanded from a series of articles in the Strand Magazine, Five Children and It was published as a novel in 1902 and is the first in a trilogy that includes The Phoenix and the Carpet and The Story of the Amulet. Together with her husband, Nesbit was a founding member of the socialist Fabian Society, and her home became a hub for some of the greatest authors and thinkers of the time, including George Bernard Shaw and H. G. Wells.