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Railway children Edith Nesbit(1858—1924)was born in Longdon.She was the youngest child in her family.Her father deid when she was 3 years old,unfortunately,her sisiter was found a serious diease ,so her mother decide to move from foggy London to France and then German,In that time,she was only 9 years old. Introduction of the authour Edith had published nearly 100 books.She achieved a great success in children’s literature creation which made her famous overseas.Her creation can be classficated into two parts:one describe real family and adventure story;the other is fairy tale and fantasy story ,which is more famous. The Story of the Treasure Seekers (1898) The Wouldbegoods (1899) Five Children and It (1902) The Phoenix and the Carpet (1904) The Story of the Amulet (1905) The Railway Children (1906) The Enchanted Castle (1907 The House of Arden (1908) Hardings Luck (1909年) Grim Tales (stories) (1893) The Pilot (1893) The Seven Dragons (1899) The New Treasure Seekers (1904) The Three Mothers (1908) These Little Ones (1909) The Magic City (1910) Dormant (1911) Wet Magic (1913) To the Adventurous (stories) (1923) Background The Railway Children reflects on the highly unconventional life of its author. The lost father is a favourite Nesbit theme: her own father died when she was four and in her books she was always trying to get him back. Bobbies cry at the end of The Railway Children - Oh! My Daddy, my Daddy - remains one of the most recognisable and touching lines in childrens literature. Poverty was something Edith Nesbit had known first hand, both as a child and as a young married woman with small children. Perhaps as a child, with a widowed mother trying to make ends meet and find a suitable climate for Ediths consumptive elder sister Mary, Nesbit had experienced the admonishment issued by Mother to Phyllis in The Railway Children : Jam or butter, dear - not jam and butter. We cant afford that sort of reckless luxury nowadays. It is a warmi