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The Railway Children (Wordsworth Collector's Editions)

Edith Nesbit

The Railway Children by Edith Nesbit. When Father goes away with two strangers one evening, the lives of Roberta, Peter and Phyllis are shattered. They and their mother have to move from their comfortable London home to go and live in a simple country cottage, where Mother writes books to make ends...

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Get Sleepy: Sleep meditation and stories

This novel was mentioned as an example of reading material from the late 19th century where the term 'deck chair' was first traced in print.

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The earliest designs of the name deck chair can be traced in print to the late 19th century. It's mentioned in the novels of Edith Nesbitt, author of The Railway Children in the 1880s.

— Episode: The Sleepy History of the Deckchair

Episode: The Sleepy History of the Deckchair

This novel was mentioned as an example of reading material from the late 19th century where the term 'deck chair' was first traced in print.

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The earliest designs of the name deck chair can be traced in print to the late 19th century. It's mentioned in the novels of Edith Nesbitt, author of The Railway Children in the 1880s.

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