The Water Babies
Charles Kingsley
200 pages, Hardcover
ISBN: 0940561093
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Language: English
Publish: None
19th CenturyBritish LiteratureChildrensClassicsFairy TalesFantasyFictionLiteratureVictorianYoung Adult
The story follows Tom in his land-life as a climbing boy for a chimney-sweep and in his after-life as a water-baby, where he gains redemption from selfishness as well as from drudgery. On to his fantasy Kingsley grafts a series of digressions and comic asides, through which he comments on a range of contemporary issues.