The Water-Babies
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The Water-Babies
The Water-Babies
A gorgeous, collectable, new edition of The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby. Tom, a young chimney sweep, is chased from a house then falls into a river to becomes a water-baby. He is guided back to humanity through a series of adventures, each with a moral lesson which, for the reader, explores the social attitudes of the Victorian era.
Gift edition of Charles Kingsley's Victorian tale, a delightful new addition to the Flame Tree Collectable Classics
Gift edition of Charles Kingsley's Victorian tale, a delightful new addition to the Flame Tree Collectable Classics. A stunning new edition with deluxe cover treatments, ribbon markers, luxury endpapers, and gilded edges. The unabridged text is accompanied by a Glossary of Victorian and Literary terms produced for the modern reader.
A masterpiece of nostalgia, Charles Kingsley's Victorian classic tells of Tom, a young chimney sweep who falls into a river and, becoming a water-baby, is guided back to humanity through a series of adventures, each with a moral lesson. Part of the fascination with the book today is the reflection of Victorian-era debates about poverty, working children, and the eternal conflict between nature vs nurture.
The FLAME TREE COLLECTABLE CLASSICS are chosen to create a delightful and timeless home library.
AUTHOR: Charles Kingsley was a priest of the Church of England, a university professor, social reformer, historian, novelist, and poet. He campaigned for workers' rights and against poverty. He was a friend of Charles Darwin and his ideas influenced his classic book, The Water-Babies.
Hardback, Deluxe edition, foiled and embossed, with gilded edges.
Series: Flame Tree Collectable Classics
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781804177884
Publisher: Flame Tree Publishing
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 26 March 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Flame Tree Publishing
Edition: New edition
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 17.0mm
Width: 93.0mm
Height: 150.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 240
About the Author
Charles Kingsley was a priest of the Church of England, a university professor, social reformer, historian, novelist and poet. He campaigned for workers rights and against poverty. He was a friend of Charles Darwin's ideas influenced his classic book, Water-Babies.
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