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The railway children

by Karen Holmes · 1995

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An adaptation retold by Karen Holmes from the original work by Edith Nesbit.

Subject
historyhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Themes
siblingssiblingsMore like thisLess of this
Setting
19th century19th centuryMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of thisruralruralMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
short · 39 pages

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