The water-babies

a fairy tale for a land-baby

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The water-babies

a fairy tale for a land-baby

  • 4.0 (5 ratings) ·
  • 84 Want to read
  • 6 Currently reading
  • 12 Have read

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.

Publish Date
Publisher
Penguin Books
Language
English
Pages
198

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The water-babies: a fairy tale for a land-baby
2008, Penguin Books
in English
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The water-babies
1995, Oxford University Press
in English
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Water-Babies: A Fairy-Tale for a Land-Baby (Children's Illustrated Classics)
January 1983, J M Dent & Sons Ltd
Hardcover in English
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The water-babies: a fairy tale for a land-baby
1923, Houghton Mifflin
in English
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The Water-Babies
1916, Dodd, Mead & Co.
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The water-babies: a fairy-tale for land-babies
1905, Saalfield Pub. Co.
in English
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The water-babies: a fairy tale for a land-baby
1898, Maynard, Merrill, & co.
in English
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The water-babies: a fairy tale for land-baby
1894, Macmillan & Co.
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Edition Notes

"First published in Great Britain by Macmillan and Co., 1863."

Includes bibliographical references.

Published in
New York
Genre
Fiction.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823/.8
Library of Congress
PR4842 .W3 2008, PR4842.W3 2008

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
198

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL16698391M
ISBN 13
9780143105091
LCCN
2008008928
OCLC/WorldCat
214063406
Library Thing
20409
Goodreads
2472791

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