by Edith Nesbit · OUP Oxford · tapa dura · ISBN 9780192758194
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«The Railway Children» is Edith Nesbit's children's novel, published by OUP Oxford in hardcover (240 pages, in English).
When their father suddenly disappears, Roberta, Peter and Phyllis leave London and settle with their mother in a country house beside the railway. At the local station they befriend the porter Perks and spend their time waving to train passengers; amid adventures and new friends, the big question remains whether their father will return.
Part of the Oxford Children's Classics collection. The novel was originally published in 1906; this edition is a complete reprint.
Recommended for readers aged 9 to 12, according to the reading age indicated by the publisher.
Edith Nesbit was an English writer and poet, who published her books for children and others as E. Nesbit. She wrote or collaborated on more than 60 such books. She was also a political activist and co-founder of the Fabian Society, a socialist organisation later affiliated to the Labour Party.
