The Water-babies by Charles Kingsley

The Water-babies

Charles Kingsley

330 pages first pub 1863 (editions)

fiction childrens classics fantasy adventurous lighthearted reflective slow-paced
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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 this fantasy Kingsley grafts a series of digressions and...

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