The Railway Children by Edith Nesbit
The Railway Children, written by Edith Nesbit, is a classic novel that tells the story of three children who are forced to move to the countryside after their father is wrongfully accused of a crime. The book follows their adventures as they learn to navigate their new surroundings and find happiness despite the challenges they face.
By Edith Nesbit · First published 1906 · Genre: Children's Literature, Adventure, Family · 14 chapters · 77,022 words
First lines
They were not railway children to begin with. I don't suppose they had ever thought about railways except as a means of getting to Maskelyne and Cook's, the Pantomime, Zoological Gardens, and Madame Tussaud's. They were just ordinary suburban children, and they lived with their father and mother in an ordinary redbrick-fronted villa, with coloured glass in the front door, a tiled passage that was called a hall, a bathroom with hot and cold water, electric bells, French windows, and a good deal of white paint, and "every modern convenience," as the house-agents say.
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- Work type: Novel
- Author: Edith Nesbit
- Date: 1906 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Children's Literature, Adventure, Family, Historical Fiction
- Length: 77,022 words
- Structure: 14 chapters, 2,112 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Easy (6th Grade)
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Genres
- Children's Literature — The book follows the plot of three children, making it designed and adapted to children's comprehension, demonstrating common themes and tropes of children's literature.
- Adventure — The story involves the children undergoing several adventurous exploits, such as saving a train from disaster, which places it within the adventure genre.
- Family — The story revolves around the relationships and interactions among the three children and their mother, which plays a central role in the plot, thereby aligning it with the family genre.
- Historical Fiction — The story is set in a specific historical period and reflects the social conditions of that time, categorizing it under the Historical Fiction genre.
Tags
children · adventure · family · friendship · railway · nostalgia · victorian · imagination · courage · loyalty · sacrifice · mystery
Contents
- The Beginning of Things
- Peter's Coal-Mine
- The Old Gentleman
- The Engine-Burglar
- Prisoners and Captives
- Saviours of the Train
- For Valour
- The Amateur Firemen
- The Pride of Perks
- The Terrible Secret
- The Hound in the Red Jersey
- What Bobbie Brought Home
- The Hound's Grandfather
- The End