Water-Babies

A Fairy-Tale for a Land-Baby (Children's Illustrated Classics)

Hardcover, 256 pages

English language

Published Jan. 6, 1983 by J M Dent & Sons Ltd.

ISBN:
978-0-460-05037-1
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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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