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The Railway Children

E. Nesbit

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I. The beginning of things. II. Peter's coal-mine. III. The old gentleman. IV. The engine-burglar. V. Prisoners and captives. VI. Saviours of the train. VII. For valour. VIII. The amateur fireman. IX. The pride of Perks. X. The terrible secret. XI. The hound in the red jersey. XII. What Bobbie brought home. XIII. The hound's grandfather. XIV. The End.…

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  • AuthorE. Nesbit
  • SourceProject Gutenberg #1874
  • Length57,886 words · 3h 52m of reading
  • Chapters20
  • DictionaryNot yet generated
  • CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
  • Source checked2026-08-28

Contents

20 chapters

Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.

  1. 01By E. Nesbit
  2. 02Chapter I. The beginning of things.
  3. 03Chapter II. Peter's coal-mine.
  4. 04Chapter III. The old gentleman.
  5. 05Chapter IV. The engine-burglar.
  6. 06SHE IS NEARLY WELL THANK YOU
  7. 07Chapter V. Prisoners and captives.
  8. 08Chapter VI. Saviours of the train.
  9. 09Chapter VII. For valour.
  10. 10Chapter VIII. The amateur firemen.
  11. 11Chapter IX. The pride of Perks.
  12. 12Chapter X. The terrible secret.
  13. 13Chapter XI. The hound in the red jersey.
  14. 14Chapter XII. What Bobbie brought home.
  15. 15Chapter XIII. The hound's grandfather.
  16. 16Chapter XIV. The End.
  17. 17PETER
  18. 18BOBBIE
  19. 19PHYLLIS
  20. 20THE NEW BOY

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