The Railway Children
By E. Nesbit
Cover: Rain, Steam and Speed - The Great Western Railway (1844), oil on canvas by J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (artist died 1851)
The Railway Children is a children's book by Edith Nesbit. Originally serialised in The London Magazine in thirteen instalments from January 1905 to January 1906, it was published in book form in 1906. It has been adapted for the screen several times, of which the best known is the 1970 film version.
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Table of contents
- 1: The beginning of things
- 2: Peter's coal-mine
- 3: The old gentleman
- 4: The engine-burglar
- 5: Prisoners and captives
- 6: Saviours of the train
- 7: For valour
- 8: The amateur firemen
- 9: The pride of Perks
- 10: The terrible secret
- 11: The hound in the red jersey
- 12: What Bobbie brought home
- 13: The hound's grandfather
- 14: The End