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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 After their father's sudden disappearance! Roberta! Peter and Phyllis must leave their London suburban home! with its servants and toys! for a life in the country. They are soon enraptured by the nearby railway! with its trains like dragons flying past and all the bustle of the station. Soon they find the railway also brings excitement! danger and mystery and life-changing friendships. This much-beloved children's classic brings to life to a vanished rural England.
