The Water-Babies Paperback - 2008
by Charles Kingsley; Richard Kelly (Editor)
About this book
In the style of Victorian-era novels, The Water-Babies is a didactic moral fable about a young chimney sweep, Tom, who falls into a river and becomes a 'water-baby,' guided by moral teachers through lessons and adventures, eventually earning the right to become human again and being united with an upper-class girl Ellie who had also become a 'water-baby.'
From the rear cover
Among the most popular children's books of the Victorian period, The Water-Babies continues to delight readers of all ages. It tells the story of a young boy named Tom, who escapes his harsh life as a chimney sweep by being transformed into a "water-baby." His adventures underwater introduce him to strange animals, gentle fairies, and exotic seascapes, and Kingsley frequently digresses from the mythical narrative with his commentary on political and scientific topics. Many of Linley Sambourne's remarkable illustrations from the 1886 edition are included in the text of the novel.
This Broadview edition reproduces the first edition of The Water-Babies, published in 1863. The appendices include a broad selection of other 19th-century children's literature and excerpts from Kingsley's essays on evolution, hygiene, and education.
First Edition Identification
First edition (London Macmillan and Company 1863) is usually without the L'Envoi leaf as is almost always encountered as the author had it removed from all but the first 200 or so copies. Illustrations in this edition include two full page plates by J. Noel Paton and with a number of small illustrations used throughout as opening initials.
Details
- Title The Water-Babies
- Author Charles Kingsley; Richard Kelly (Editor)
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 320
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Broadview Press Inc, Canada
- Date 2008-05
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9781551117737 / 1551117738
- Ages 09 to 12 years
- Grade levels 4 - 7
- Library of Congress subjects Fairy tales, Chimney sweeps
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008274913
- Dewey Decimal Code 823.8
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