The Railway Children

by E. (Edith) Nesbit

Read free now

Read it here, or listen to it read aloud.

Fiction

"The Railway Children" by E. Nesbit is a children's book published in 1906. When their father is suddenly imprisoned for espionage, three siblings—Roberta, Peter, and Phyllis—move with their mother from London to a modest house near a railway. There, they befriend an elderly gentleman on the morning train and encounter various adventures involving Russian exiles, injured travelers, and railway workers.

Summary from Project Gutenberg.

5,901 readers on Project Gutenberg

More Fiction classics

Cover of The life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentlemanThe life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentlemanLaurence SterneCover of The Memoirs of Sherlock HolmesThe Memoirs of Sherlock HolmesArthur Conan DoyleCover of The Seven Dials mysteryThe Seven Dials mysteryAgatha ChristieCover of The Invisible Man: A Grotesque RomanceThe Invisible Man: A Grotesque RomanceH. G. (Herbert George) WellsCover of An Occurrence at Owl Creek BridgeAn Occurrence at Owl Creek BridgeAmbrose BierceCover of The Cask of AmontilladoThe Cask of AmontilladoEdgar Allan Poe

Topics: Country life -- England -- Fiction · England -- Fiction · Family life -- Fiction · Railroads -- Fiction · Siblings -- Fiction