The next thing that happened to us was very interesting. It was as real as the half-crowns-not just pretending. I shall try to write it as like a real book as I can. Of course we have read Mr Sherlock Holmes, as well as the yellow-covered books with pictures outside that are so badly printed; and you get them for fourpence-halfpenny at the bookstall when the corners of them are beginning to curl up and get dirty, with people looking to see how the story ends when they are waiting for trains. I think this is most unfair to the boy at the bookstall.
The next thing that happened to us was very interesting. It was as real as the half-crowns-not just pretending. I shall try to write it as like a real...
A groom promises to be at the church on time, even if he has to come back from the grave to do it. A man inherits a property where he discovers a portrait of a woman that will change his life forever. Two newlyweds find their dream country cottage, unaware of an ancient curse from the previous owners. A gripping, unsettling and utterly chilling collection of short stories from one of Britain's best loved storytellers.
A groom promises to be at the church on time, even if he has to come back from the grave to do it. A man inherits a property where he discovers a port...
The Railway Children is a children's book from author Edith Nesbit. The story concerns a family who move from London to "The Three Chimneys," a house near the railway in Yorkshire, after the father, who works at the Foreign office, is imprisoned after being falsely accused of spying. The children befriend an Old Gentleman who regularly takes the 9:15 train near their home . . .
The Railway Children is a children's book from author Edith Nesbit. The story concerns a family who move from London to "The Three Chimneys," a house ...
The story concerns a family who move from London to "The Three Chimneys," a house near the railway in Yorkshire, after the father, who works at the Foreign office, is imprisoned after being falsely accused of spying. The children befriend an Old Gentleman who regularly takes the 9:15 train near their home; he is eventually able to help prove their father's innocence, and the family is reunited. The family take care of a Russian exile, Mr Szczepansky, who came to England looking for his family (later located) and Jim, the grandson of the Old Gentleman, who suffers a broken leg in a tunnel.
The story concerns a family who move from London to "The Three Chimneys," a house near the railway in Yorkshire, after the father, who works at the Fo...
The sequel to FIVE CHILDREN AND IT An accident in their home reveals to Cyril, Anthea, Robert and Jane that their carpet has mystical powers... but even more amazing is the egg which hatches in the accident, giving birth to the legendary Phoenix... The Phoenix has the ability to grant wishes... wishes which often land the children in terrible danger as the Phoenix takes them on a series of fantastic adventures. E. Nesbit's classic novel picks up the characters from Five Children And It, and is as thrilling and loved as the original.
The sequel to FIVE CHILDREN AND IT An accident in their home reveals to Cyril, Anthea, Robert and Jane that their carpet has mystical powers... but ev...
