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===Plagiarism allegation=== In 2011, Nesbit was accused of taking the plot of ''[[The Railway Children]]'' from ''The House by the Railway'' by [[Ada J. Graves]]. ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' reported that the Graves book had appeared in 1896, nine years prior to ''The Railway Children'', and listed similarities between them.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/8392618/The-Railway-Children-plagiarised-from-earlier-story.html |title=The Railway Children 'plagiarised' from earlier story |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=20 March 2011 |access-date=21 March 2011 |location=London |first=Jasper |last=Copping}}</ref> However, not all sources agree on this finding:<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/mar/21/nesbit-railway-children-plagiarism |website=The Guardian |title=E Nesbit's classic The Railway Children accused of 'plagiarism' |last=Page |first=Benedicte |date=21 March 2011 |access-date=2020-07-29}}</ref> Online magazine ''[[Tor.com]]'' noted that both books had been released in 1906.<ref name=tor-2011>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.tor.com/2011/09/22/adventures-in-railroads-the-railway-children/ |title=Adventures in Railroads: The Railway Children |last=Ness |first=Mari |author-link=Mari Ness |date=22 September 2011 |magazine=[[Tor.com]] |publisher=[[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan]] |quote= [...] although news reports initially said that that ''The House by the Railway'' was published in 1896 β ten years before ''The Railway Children'' β that turns out to be the publication start of the series that the book appeared in, not the actual book. Both were published in 1906, and then as now, books took some time to get from the typewriter into actual print.}}</ref>
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