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The Water-Babies Hardcover - 2013
by Charles Kingsley; Brian Alderson; Robert Douglas-Fairhurst
About this book
The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby is a children's novel by the Reverend Charles Kingsley. Written in 1862-1863 as a serial for Macmillan's Magazine, it was first published in its entirety in 1863. The book was extremely popular during its day, and was a mainstay of children's literature through the 1920s, but eventually fell out of favor in part due to its prejudices against Irish, Jews, Catholics, blacks, Americans, and the poor.
In the style of Victorian-era novels, The Water-Babies is a didactic moral fable about a young chimney sweep, Tom, who falls into a river and becomes a 'water-baby,' guided by moral teachers through lessons and adventures, eventually earning the right to become human again and being united with an upper-class girl Ellie who had also become a 'water-baby.'
In the style of Victorian-era novels, The Water-Babies is a didactic moral fable about a young chimney sweep, Tom, who falls into a river and becomes a 'water-baby,' guided by moral teachers through lessons and adventures, eventually earning the right to become human again and being united with an upper-class girl Ellie who had also become a 'water-baby.'
First Edition Identification
First edition (London Macmillan and Company 1863) is usually without the L'Envoi leaf as is almost always encountered as the author had it removed from all but the first 200 or so copies. Illustrations in this edition include two full page plates by J. Noel Paton and with a number of small illustrations used throughout as opening initials.
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- Title The Water-Babies
- Author Charles Kingsley; Brian Alderson; Robert Douglas-Fairhurst
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 272
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Oxford University Press, USA
- Date 2013-03-14
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bookmark, Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780199645602 / 0199645604
- Weight 0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
- Dimensions 7.8 x 5.2 x 0.9 in (19.81 x 13.21 x 2.29 cm)
- Ages 08 to 12 years
- Grade levels 3 - 7
- Library of Congress subjects Fairy tales - England, Chimney sweeps
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012286371
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Citations
- New York Times Book Review, 05/19/2013, Page 31
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