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  • E. Nesbit The Railway Children The Railway Children is E. Nesbit’s most famous novel.Written in 1906, it has survived the ravages of time and fashion to become awell-loved staple of most children’s literary diet. Perhaps one of the reasonsit is so popular today, is that it harks back to a time of innocence whenchildren were children, not the safety-conscious mini adults they are intoday’s world of tabloid terrors. The world, its people, and all its secretsare at Bobbie, Peter and Phyllis’s feet. Bobbie climbs happily into the doctor’scart for a ride; Mother welcomes total strangers into her home and door keysare left on doorsteps. Adventures are there for the taking and the children areallowed to explore their environs and their own capabilities unfettered by fear— a freedom available to very few children today. E. Nesbit’s world is a nostalgicescape from the one most of her readers inhabit. And yet it is not a purely sugar-and-spice world. Theadventures the children encounter are often terrifying or dangerous, and thelessons they learn hard. The scene in the railway tunnel is a genuinelyfrightening episode. At first the children risk being wiped out in the pitchblack by a passing express train, as they search for a lost young boy. Later,they risk life and limb again, by standing in the path of a thundering train inorder to prevent an accident. The children’s courage is rewarded in the novelin various ways, sometimes materially, but more importantly to E. Nesbit, bythe love and respect of others and their own feelings of self-worth. The children learn some tough lessons about human pride andthe ethics of charity. Perks’ birthday and the scene where the old gentlemanbrings the hamper are good examples. The children are not out-and-outgoody-goodies but as fallible as real children. They do make gauche andembarrassing mistakes, they do upset their parents and they do get some sharpreprimands. They also come face-to-face with the ugly reality of injustice andthe abuse of human rights. Not only has their own father been wrongfullyimprisoned on a trumped-up charge, but they also learn about the crueltreatment of political prisoners from the Russian refugee they find at thestation. Nesbit’s commitment to presenting children with serious politicalthemes in a way they can understand extends to her portrayal of theworking-class characters that share the stage with the middle-class Bobbie,Peter and Phyllis. A keen socialist and founder member of the Fabian Society,Nesbit treats Perks, the barge couple and other similar characters withdignity, intelligence and sensitivity. They are anything but mere figures offun. Perks commands unanimous respect from his fellow villagers and lives inhorror of being a “charity” case. Bill the bargeman, although brusque andaggressive, is shown to be generous and fair beneath the surface, and, despitehis nights at the pub, a loyal family man. Nesbit’s description of the bargeesat the Rose and Crown shows genuine admiration for the working-class way oflife. Born Edith Nesbit in 1858, her childhood was unsettled, andspent between France, Germany and England. She married young and experiencedpoverty. This was when she decided to turn to writing, and discovered a knackfor family adventures: The Story of the Treasure Seekers came in 1899, ThePhoenix and the Carpet in 1904, The Story of the Amulet and The RailwayChildren in 1906.Notes by Anna Britten About the Readers EVE KARPF trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Herextensive experience of voiceover, audiobook and radio work includes stints onBBC Radio and Spitting Image, and cartoon series’ such as Oscar’s Orchestra andDennis and Gnasher for BBC TV. She is regularly seen on TV and her film creditsinclude A Touch of Class and Human Factor. DELIA PATON trained at RADA and after extensive stageexperience, she moved towards radio and television work. Her many televisioncredits include the BBC series Survivors, Backs to the Land, Seal Morning andEastenders and she has written and performed her own adaptation of Mrs.Gaskell’s Life of Charlotte Brontë as a one-woman show. ROBERT BENFIELD played the role of Perks in the hugelypopular stage version of The Railway Children at the Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich,with which he has had a long association. He has also performed in theaterthroughout Britain, including Scarborough’s Theatre in the Round, and theGreenwich Theatre. SARAH CORBETT, THOMAS MARTIN and NICOLA GRANT are aspiringyoung actors at school in St. Albans.
  • • 作品列表
    • • CD01
      • 作品编号：22967  The Railway Children

      • Edgecombe Villa

      • Father Is Taken Away

      • A Little, White House In The Country

      • Coalmining

      • The Old Gentleman

      • 'Look Out At The Station!'

      • The Doctor And The Head Nurse

      • Bobbie's Birthday

      • The Russian Gentleman

      • Saving The Train

      • Heroes

      • Drama On The Canal

      • CD02
      • 作品编号：22967  The Railway Children

      • Perks's Birthday

      • A Squabble

      • The Terrible Secret

      • The Hound In The Red Jersey

      • Jim's Grandfather

      • A Happy Ending