Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780140621624
Edition: New edition
ISBN: 0140621628
Label: Penguin Classics
Manufacturer: Penguin Classics
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: July 26, 2007
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Studio: Penguin Classics

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Rating: - Wonderfully written, sweet story
The brilliance of the Railway Children is that E Nesbit refuses to talk down to her readers - she handles a variety of complicated emotions, and she does so in a way that enables us to see things we wouldn't have worked out for ourselves about the character, but that are very true and beautifully observed. Okay, a few too many things happen to these kids - even the film removed one or two sensational twists too many - but those things all bring new insights and emotional rewards. It's a great book.

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Rating: - A bit oldfashioned but still fantastic!
This story is about some children who are shattered after the disappearance of their father but the railway line is always there to lift their sad spirits; so are the Old Gentleman and the porter, Perks. Nevertheless, how will they ever find out the reason of their dear father went missing?
I think that this book is a bit old fashioned but it is still very, very, very good; the author is the next (or actually the previous) Agatha Christy!
E Nesbit is the author of this book and many, ... Read More

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Rating: - Why am I out of step?
This is, for me, by far the poorest of E. Nesbit's works - and possibly the most currently popular? All her books, of course, are outstanding; it seems that I prefer the more imaginative ones. If you have not done so, miss reading none of them! While her social awareness is never missing, she does recall for us a world which had its flaws ... but in which one longed to have grown up, however mistakenly!

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Rating: - A classic writer's classic book
Before J.K.Rowling and Roald Dahl, there was E.E.Nesbitt; the most prolific and inventive children's author of all time, even if the inventor of Harry Potter may be close to usurping that title. Even though her books were written a century ago, such was the universal appeal of her themes and the ease with which children could identify with her characters that she has remained in print to this day and the stories are just as good now as they were then.

As with any children's classic - and ... Read More

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Rating: - A fabulous book to remember forever.
This is an enchanting book for people who love to read. I read the book in four days for it was so good I couldn't put it down. Adults will love this just as much as children and the good thing is everyone can relate to the children in the book.

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