The Water-Babies by Kingsley, Charles

The Water-Babies (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781551117737)

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Format: Paperback
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The Water-Babies by Kingsley, Charles

The Water-Babies

$20.95
The Water-Babies by Kingsley, Charles

The Water-Babies

$20.95
Format: Paperback
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The Water-Babies (1863) has claim to being the most peculiar book ever to achieve the status of a children's classic. 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 top of this fantasy Kingsley grafts a series of digressions and comic asides, through which he comments on a range of contemporary issues.
This is the first edition to explore fully Kingsley's text, its variants, and its iconography, and to annotate the many references which enrich the story.

Author: Charles Kingsley
ISBN-10: 1551117738
ISBN-13: 9781551117737
Publisher: Broadview Press Inc
Language: English
Published: 05/21/2008
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 8.3
Point Value: 11
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 52309 / Water Babies (Abridged)
By Charles Kingsley
By Charles Kingsley
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Richard Kelly is Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Tennessee Knoxville. He is the editor of the Broadview Editions of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol.

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