The water-babies
a fairy tale for a land-baby
by Charles Kingsley and Charles Kingsley
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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.
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Chimney sweeps, Open Library Staff Picks, Fiction in English, Fiction, Fairy tales, Children's stories, Children's fiction, Fairies, fiction, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Fantasy, Painting, Private collections, Royal houses, Art collections, Kings and rulers, Juvenile fiction, Fairies, Marine animals, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, general, Contes de féesPlaces
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Water-Babies: A Fairy-Tale for a Land-Baby (Children's Illustrated Classics)
January 1983, J M Dent & Sons Ltd
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The water-babies: a fairy tale for a land-baby
Publish date unknown, Books for the Bairns Office
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Probable publication date based on mention of Woman's Exhibition, London, 1900, in product advertisement p. [2] of cover
Illustrations signed B.LF, B. Le Fanu, or ETM
Series edited by W.T. Stead
In paper cover
King Collection has part 1, no. 111, only; boxed with other series titles, no. 53 and 83, by different authors
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