The Railway Children

Informationen zum Autor Edith Nesbit was born in 1858. Her father died when she was only three and so her family moved all over England. Poverty was something she had known first hand, both as a child and as a young married woman with small children. Like the Railway Childrens' Mother, she was forced to try and sell her stories and poems to editors. Her first children's book, The Treasure Seekers , was published in 1899. She also wrote Five Children and It but her most famous story is The Railway Children which was first published in 1905 and it hasn't been out of print since. Edith Nesbit was a lady ahead of her time - she cut her hair short, which was considered a very bold move in Victorian times, and she was a founding member of a group that worked towards improvements in politics and society called The Fabian Society. She died in 1924. Klappentext Edith Nesbit was born in 1858. Her father died when she was only three and so her family moved all over England. Poverty was something she had known first hand, both as a child and as a young married woman with small children. Like the Railway Childrens' Mother, she was forced to try and sell her stories and poems to editors. Her first children's book, The Treasure Seekers , was published in 1899. She also wrote Five Children and It but her most famous story is The Railway Children which was first published in 1905 and it hasn't been out of print since. Edith Nesbit was a lady ahead of her time - she cut her hair short, which was considered a very bold move in Victorian times, and she was a founding member of a group that worked towards improvements in politics and society called The Fabian Society. She died in 1924. Zusammenfassung '"Stand firm'" said Peter, "and wave like mad!"' They were not railway children to begin with. When their Father mysteriously leaves home Roberta (everyone calls her Bobbie), Phyllis and Peter must move to a small cottage in the countryside with Mother....

Product details

• Authors: Anonymous, E Nesbit, E. Nesbit, Edith Nesbit
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 9 to 11
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 02.08.2012
• EAN: 9780099572992
• ISBN: 978-0-09-957299-2
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 188 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Vintage Classics; Vintage Children's Classics; Vintage Classics
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / General, Yorkshire, JUVENILE FICTION / Transportation / Railroads & Trains, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Interest age: from c 9 years, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Rural and farm life, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Relationship stories