Vor dreißig Jahren gelang es Miss Maria Ward aus Huntingdon, Sir Thomas Bertram von Mansfield Park zu gewinnen. Mit nur siebentausend Pfund wurde sie zur Baronettslady und genoss die Vorzüge eines wohlhabenden Lebens. Ihr Onkel, ein Anwalt, erkannte, dass sie finanziell im Nachteil war, was die Heiratsgüter anging.
Nearly a hundred years after its original publication, The Railway Children is still one of E. Nesbit's most beloved and delightful stories. Roberta, Peter, and Phyllis were very happy living in a comfortable house surrounded by a cook and servants and two loving parents, until one evening when there was a knock at the door and their father was mysteriously taken away by two men. Suddenly alone, their mother moves the family to a small cottage in the countryside. There, the children begin a series of exciting adventures, from saving a train filled with passengers from a landslide, to rescuing a baby from a fire, to aiding a penniless Russian exile, to eventually unraveling the mystery of their father's disappearance. Featuring a new jacket illustration by Caldecott medalist Paul O. Zelinsky, as well as all nineteen of the original black-and-white line drawings by C. E. Brock, this classic story is perfect for home and classroom libraries.