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The Water-Babies
A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby
by 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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The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby
August 21, 2003, Adamant Media Corporation
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The Water-babies
2001, Egmont, Wordsworth Editions, Limited
Paperback
in English
0749854502 9780749854508
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THE WATER-BABIES: A FAIRY TALE FOR A LAND-BABY.
1998, P/B, Parragon
Hardcover
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The water-babies: a fairy tale for a land-baby
1993, Bloomsbury Press
in English
1854712608 9781854712608
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The water-babies: a fairy tale for a land-baby
1979, Godfrey Cave Associates Ltd
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