The Water-Babies by Charles Kingsley

The Water-Babies by Charles Kingsley

A stunning new edition with deluxe cover treatments, ribbon markers, luxury endpapers and gilded edges. The unabridged text is accompanied by a Glossary of Victorian and Literary terms produced for the modern reader.A masterpiece of nostalgia, Charles Kingsley's Victorian classic tells of Tom, a young chimney sweep who falls into a river and, becoming a water-baby, is guided back to humanity through a series of adventures, each with a moral lesson. Part of the fascination with the book today is the reflection of Victorian-era debates about poverty, working children and the eternal conflict between nature vs nurture.The FLAME TREE COLLECTABLE CLASSICS are chosen to create a delightful and timeless home library.

Charles Kingsley was a priest of the Church of England, a university professor, social reformer, historian, novelist and poet. He campaigned for workers rights and against poverty. He was a friend of Charles Darwin's ideas influenced his classic book, Water-Babies.

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ISBN 13	9781804177884
ISBN 10	1804177881
Title	The Water-Babies
Author	Charles Kingsley
Series	Flame Tree Collectable Classics
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Flame Tree Publishing
Year published	2024-03-26
Number of pages	240
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