The Railway Children is a children's book by Edith Nesbit, originally published in 1906. It has been adapted for the screen several times, of which the 1970 film version is the best known.
The story concerns a family who move to a house near the railway after the father is imprisoned as a result of being falsely accused of selling state secrets to the Russians. The three children, Roberta, Peter and Phyllis, find amusement in watching the trains ...
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The Railway Children is a children's book by Edith Nesbit, originally published in 1906. It has been adapted for the screen several times, of which the 1970 film version is the best known.
The story concerns a family who move to a house near the railway after the father is imprisoned as a result of being falsely accused of selling state secrets to the Russians. The three children, Roberta, Peter and Phyllis, find amusement in watching the trains on the nearby railway line and waving to the passengers. They become friendly with Perks, the station porter, and with the Old Gentleman who regularly takes the 9:15 down train. He is eventually able to help prove their father's innocence, and the family is reunited.
The theme of an innocent man being falsely imprisoned for espionage and finally vindicated might have been influenced by the Dreyfus Affair, which was a prominent worldwide news item a few years before the book was written. Also the Russian exile, persecuted by the Tsars for...
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