The water-babies
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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London, Paris, New York
Edition Notes
Publication date based on Horne, cited below
Illustrated t.p
This and other titles listed in The Raphael House library of gift books p. [1] at end
Lower cover reads The treasure house library
Bound in pictorial boards
Horne, A. Dictionary of 20th century British book illustrators, p. 79
King Collection copy with book plate on front endpaper
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