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When Father goes away with two strangers one evening, the lives of
Roberta, Peter and Phyllis are shattered. They and their mother
have to move from their comfortable London home to go and live in a
simple country cottage, where Mother writes books to make ends
meet. However, they soon come to love the railway that runs near
their cottage, and they make a habit of waving to the Old Gentleman
who rides on it. They befriend the porter, Perks, and through him
learn railway lore and much else. They have many adventures, and
when they save a train from disaster, they are helped by the Old
Gentleman to solve the mystery of their father's disappearance, and
the family is happily reunited.
Edith Nesbit is best known as the author of The Railway Children,
but she was also a great writer of terror and ghost stories. Do not
read this book at bedtime or you may be haunted in the night Nesbit
spins chilling tales, where we meet the undead, love transcends the
grave, vampires stalk us and ghosts have their vengeance. These
spooky stories, tinged with horror, are vibrant and bold, spanning
the years to come and scare us today. In this collection are: Power
of Darkness; Man-Size in Marble; John Charrington's Wedding; In the
Dark; The Mystery of the Semi-Detached; The Ebony Frame.
Harding's Luck is sequel to E. Nesbit's "The House of Arden". It
tells the story of Dickie Harding, a disabled boy, who one day
accidentally discovers an old magic, that allows him to travel into
his own past. There he meets Elfrida and Edred Arden (as told in
"The House of Arden") and together they seek for a long lost
treasure. With the assistance of the magical Mouldiwarp, they
travel back in time to earlier periods of English history,
searching for clues. A great favorite of Nesbit fans; it's a story
of injustice, poverty, deformity, magic, romance, suspense,
sacrifice, and triumph over adversity that comes to its point with
a fateful twist.
This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It
contains classical literature works from over two thousand years.
Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore
shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the
cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical
literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the
mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from
oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of
international literature classics available in printed format again
- worldwide.
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