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The Railway Children is a children's book by Edith Nesbit, originally serialised in The London Magazine during 1905 and published in book form in the same year. It has been adapted for the screen several times, of which the 1970 film version is the best known.
The three children, Roberta (known as Bobbie), Phyllis and Peter, find amusement in watching the trains on the nearby railway line and waving to the passengers. They become friends with Albert Perks, the station porter, and with an elderly gentleman who regularly takes the 9:15 train.
Dec 22, 1970 · A classic British family drama based on E. Nesbit's novel about three children who discover the mystery of their missing father. IMDb provides cast and crew details, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, soundtracks and more.
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- Lionel Jeffries
- 1970-12-22
Nov 6, 2008 · This was the first train the children saw on that railway which was in time to become so very dear to them. They did not guess then how they would grow to love the railway, and how soon it would become the centre of their new life, nor what wonders and changes it would bring to them.
The Railway Children. E. Nesbit. 4.02. 60,448 ratings2,536 reviews. In this much-loved children's classic first published in 1906, the comfortable lives of three well-mannered siblings are greatly altered when, one evening, two men arrive at the house and take their father away.
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Aug 1, 1999 · A classic children's novel about a family of three children who live near a railway line and have many adventures. Download or read online for free this public domain eBook in various formats.
The Railway Children. Edith Nesbit. Wordsworth Editions, 1993 - Juvenile Fiction - 208 pages. When Father goes away with two strangers one evening, the lives of Roberta, Peter and Phyllis are...
