Book Cover of The Railway Children (Penny Magic Classic): A green Art Deco cover features trains and tracks around the outside of a green frame while the title sits in golden yellow at the center.

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More About E. Nesbit’s The Railway Children

The Railway Children Word Count: How long will it take me to read The Railway Children

With a word count of 76,000 words, The Railway Children will take a typical reader about 5 hours to finish, if they read at an average speed of 250 words per minute. Most audiobooks of The Railway Children last between 6 and 7 hours, depending on the speed of the narrator.

Author: Who was E. Nesbit, the author of The Railway Children?

Edith Nesbit was an English writer and poet born in 1858, who is best known for her works for children. She published The Railway Children as a serialized novel in 1905, before publishing it as a book in 1906. Her work is often cited as one of the main influences on much of children’s literature that came after her, including the Chronicles of Narnia and the Harry Potter series. She died in Kent in 1924.