The Railway Children (Signet classics) - Softcover

Nesbit, E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451525612 ISBN 13: 9780451525611

Publisher: Penguin, 1992

Synopsis

Relocated from their London home to a country cottage during the war, Roberta, Phyllis, and Peter wait anxiously for the return of their father, whose long absence they do not understand. Original.

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Review

"It's a story that was written more than 100 years ago, yet The Railway Children commands the affections of the British people like few other fictions" (Daily Telegraph)

"Guaranteed to jerk a tear from the most stony-faced child" (Observer)

"Her child characters were remarkable in her day because they are so entirely human. They are intelligent, vain, aggressive, humorous, witty, cruel, compassionate. . . in fact, they are like adults" (Gore Vidal)

"So what makes these different to any other set of classics? In a moment of inspiration Random House had the bright idea of actually asking Key stage 2 children what extra ingredients they could add to make children want to read. And does it work? Well, put it this way...my 13-year-old daughter announced that she had to read a book over the summer holiday and, without any prompting, spotted The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas...and proceeded to read it! Now, if you knew my 13-year-old daughter, you would realise that this is quite remarkable. She reads texts, blogs and tags by the thousand - but this is the first book she has read since going to high school, so all hail Vintage Classics!" (National Association for the Teaching of English)

Book Description

Paul Copley and Timothy Bateson star in a BBC Radio full-cast dramatisation.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0451525612
• ISBN 13: 9780451525611
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 10