The Railway Children by Edith Nesbit
Edith Nesbit's children novel The Railway Children explores the life of families living around the railways. When the father of three children falsely convicted for spying, the life of the family shifts dramatically from the comfort of their sub-urban home to tiny shelter near railways. The children meet an elderly traveler during his regular visit to railway station. As the novel progress this old man helps the family recover from their impoverished life and subsequent release of their father.
Table of Content
Chapter 1. The beginning of things
Chapter 5. Prisoners and captives
Chapter 6. Saviours of the train
Chapter 8. The amateur firemen
Chapter 10. The terrible secret
Chapter 11. The hound in the red jersey
Chapter 12. What Bobbie brought home