{"product_id":"2026100010676-secondhand-the-railway-children","title":"The Railway Children","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Very good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Slipcase: Good\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew stories of childhood capture the bittersweet ache of upheaval and resilience quite like The Railway Children. When their father mysteriously disappears and the family is forced to abandon their comfortable London life for a modest cottage in the Yorkshire countryside, siblings Bobbie, Phyllis, and Peter find solace and adventure in the rhythm of the steam trains that thunder past the bottom of their garden — and in the kindness of strangers whose lives briefly intersect with theirs. E. Nesbit's 1906 masterpiece is a warm yet quietly poignant tale of loyalty, hope, and the unshakeable belief that goodness will, in the end, prevail.\n\nNesbit writes with a rare gift for honoring the intelligence and emotional depth of her young protagonists, never condescending to her audience while maintaining a tone of gentle, irresistible charm. Her narrative interweaves domestic tenderness with genuine suspense, grounding its episodic adventures in an authentically Edwardian world of class, duty, and social conscience. This celebrated Folio Society edition, introduced by Helen Cresswell and illustrated by Inga Moore, presents the text in a form worthy of its literary stature — leaving the reader to wonder, right up to its luminous final line, just how much a child's love can move the world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50736433627355,"sku":"2026100010676-SECONDHAND","price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/54cf9289-b923-4e59-b745-ed73d7f648d1.png?v=1792122993","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100010676-secondhand-the-railway-children","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}