The Railway Children
Autor E. Nesbiten Limba Engleză Paperback
La intersecția dintre The Secret Garden și The Primrose Railway Children, această operă de referință a literaturii clasice combină atmosfera idilică a satului englezesc cu o tensiune socială surprinzător de matură. Reținem finețea cu care E. Nesbit transformă o tragedie familială — arestarea subită a tatălui sub acuzația de spionaj — într-o explorare a rezilienței și a bunătății umane. Spre deosebire de lumile magice din Five Children and It, aici aventura se naște din realitatea imediată a căii ferate din Yorkshire, unde copiii Roberta, Peter și Phyllis își construiesc un nou univers.
Ne-a atras atenția modul în care autoarea ancorează narațiunea în contextul politic al epocii sale. Influența Afacerii Dreyfus și prezența personajului Mr. Szczepansky, un exilat rus inspirat de figuri istorice reale precum Kropotkin, oferă cărții o profunzime care depășește granițele unei simple povești pentru copii. Apreciem ritmul domol, aproape nostalgic, al prozei, care permite micilor gesturi de curaj — precum cel al Robertei din Favourite Stories of Courageous Girls — să strălucească cu o forță morală autentică. Este o lectură despre demnitate și solidaritate, unde trenul de ora 9:15 devine un simbol al speranței și al legăturii cu o lume ce pare pierdută, dar care poate fi recuperată prin onestitate și prietenie.
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ISBN-10: 1497453070
Pagini: 96
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 5 mm
Greutate: 0.14 kg
Editura: CREATESPACE
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E. Nesbit (Edith Nesbit) a fost o scriitoare engleză prolifică, poetă și activistă, considerată creatoarea literaturii moderne pentru copii. Cu o operă ce cuprinde peste șaizeci de volume, ea a revoluționat genul prin renunțarea la tradiția lumilor fantastice pur alegorice, preferând să plaseze copiii în situații de viață reale, dar pline de aventură. Printre cele mai cunoscute lucrări ale sale se numără The Railway Children și Five Children and It. Stilul său inventiv și umorul fin au influențat generații de scriitori, lăsând o moștenire literară care rămâne relevantă și astăzi prin numeroase adaptări cinematografice și de televiziune.
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Notă biografică
She wrote or collaborated on over 60 books of fiction for children, several of which have been adapted for film and television. She was also a political activist and co-founded the Fabian Society, a socialist organisation later connected to the Labour Party.
Edith Nesbit was born in Kennington, Surrey, the daughter of agricultural chemist and schoolmaster John Collis Nesbit. The death of her father when she was four and the continuing ill health of her sister meant that Nesbit had a transitory childhood, her family moving across Europe in search of healthy climates only to return to England for financial reasons. Nesbit therefore spent her childhood attaining an education from whatever sources were available-local grammars, the occasional boarding school but mainly through reading.
At 17 her family finally settled in London and aged 19, Nesbit met Hubert Bland, a political activist and writer. They became lovers and when Nesbit found she was pregnant they became engaged, marrying in April 1880. After this scandalous (for Victorian society) beginning, the marriage would be an unconventional one. Initially, the couple lived separately-Nesbit with her family and Bland with his mother and her live-in companion Maggie Doran.
Initially, Edith Nesbit books were novels meant for adults, including The Prophet's Mantle (1885) and The Marden Mystery (1896) about the early days of the socialist movement. Written under the pen name of her third child 'Fabian Bland', these books were not successful. Nesbit generated an income for the family by lecturing around the country on socialism and through her journalism (she was editor of the Fabian Society's journal, Today).
In 1899 she had published The Adventures of the Treasure Seekers to great acclaim.
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I love her books
My all-time favourite classic children's author
Edith Nesbit is endlessly surprising and inventive . . . She is also simply the funniest writer we have ever had, while being the one who could most easily and sweetly break your heart with a phrase. Just try saying "Daddy, oh my Daddy" without catching your breath
By turns sweet and serious, this much loved classic is above all a celebration of kindness and hope
'Edith Nesbit was endlessly surprising and inventive . . . She is also simply the funniest writer we have ever had, while being the one who could most easily and sweetly break your heart with a phrase' Frank Cottrell-Boyce
When their father is suddenly taken away, the children's lives change overnight. Unable to afford their London home, the family must move to a small cottage in the Yorkshire countryside. Hiding their sadness from their mother, Roberta, Peter and Phyllis roam the fields all day. Every morning they can be seen waving as the 9.15 train roars past, imagining that it will can carry their love to their father, wherever he may be. The trio become a familiar sight and their bravery and quick-thinking avert a railway disaster. There is a kind old gentleman passenger never fails to wave back - little do the children realise how much his friendship will mean to them, especially in solving the mystery to their father's disappearance.
'By turns sweet and serious, this much-loved classic is above all a celebration of kindness and hope' Kiran Millwood Hargrave
'I love her books' Neil Gaiman
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Little treasures, the FLAME TREE COLLECTABLE CLASSICS are chosen to create a delightful and timeless home library. Each stunning, gift edition features deluxe cover treatments, ribbon markers, luxury endpapers and gilded edges. The unabridged text is accompanied by a Glossary of Victorian and Literary terms produced for the modern reader.
A gorgeous new edition. Following the iconic railway children, Bobbie, Phyllis and Peter arrive in the countryside with their mother after moving from the city of London, where life is very different. They adjust to their new life and soon become fascinated with the local railway and this is the beginning of their adventures. As the children learn about the trains, they soon discover that the answers to their father's sudden disappearance are maybe closer than they thought.