The Railway Children

The Railway Children is a classic children's book written by Edith Nesbit. The story follows three siblings, Roberta, Peter, and Phyllis, who live in a comfortable home in London with their parents until their father is suddenly taken away and accused of a crime he did not commit. The family is forced to move to a small cottage near a railway station, and the children spend their days watching the trains go by and befriending the station staff. They become involved in a number of adventures, including saving a train from disaster and helping a Russian exile reunite with his family. Throughout the story, the children learn important lessons about courage, kindness, and the importance of family. The Railway Children is a heartwarming tale that has been beloved by generations of readers.After the adventure of Peter's Coal-mine, it seemed well to the children to keep away from the station--but they did not, they could not, keep away from the railway. They had lived all their lives in a street where cabs and omnibuses rumbled by at all hours, and the carts of butchers and bakers and candlestick makers (I never saw a candlestick-maker's cart; did you?)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.