The Water Babies: A Fairy Tale For A Land Baby

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Literary Licensing, LLC, 2014 - 336 páginas
The Water Babies: A Fairy Tale For A Land Baby is a classic children's book written by Charles Kingsley. First published in 1863, the story follows the adventures of a young chimney sweep named Tom who falls into a river and is transformed into a water baby. Tom discovers an underwater world inhabited by strange creatures and embarks on a journey of self-discovery and redemption. Along the way, he meets a variety of characters, including a wise old lobster, a kind-hearted otter, and a mischievous water baby named Ellie. The book is a blend of fantasy, adventure, and morality tale, and it touches on themes such as social justice, environmentalism, and the power of redemption. The Water Babies has been beloved by generations of readers and remains a timeless classic of children's literature.This Is A New Release Of The Original 1907 Edition.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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Charles Kingsley, a clergyman of the Church of England, who late in his life held the chair of history at Cambridge University, wrote mostly didactic historical romances. He put the historical novel to new use, not to teach history, but to illustrate some religious truth. Westward Ho! (1855), his best-known work, is a tale of the Spanish main in the days of Queen Elizabeth I. Hypatia: New Foes with Old Faces (1853) is the story of a pagan girl-philosopher who was torn to pieces by a Christian mob. The story is strongly anti-Roman Catholic.. Hereward the Wake, or The Watchful Hereward the Wake, or The Watchful (1866) is a tale of a Saxon outlaw. The Water-Babies (1863), written for Kingsley's youngest child, "would be a tale for children were it not for the satire directed at the parents of the period," said Andrew Lang. Alton Locke (1850) and Yeast (1851) reflect Kingsley's leadership in "muscular Christianity" and his dramatization of social issues.

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