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The Water -Babies

Paperback • 2014 • 1. edition

The Water -Babies

By Charles Kingsley

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About the book

'this is all a fairy tale...and, therefore, you are not to believe a word of it, even if it is true'The Water-Babies (1863) is one of the strangest and most powerful children's stories ever written.In describing the underwater adventures of Tom, a chimney-sweeper's boy who is transformed into a water-baby after he drowns, Charles Kingsley combined comic fantasy and moral fable to extraordinary effect. Tom's encounters with friendly fish, curious lobsters, and characters such as Mrs Doasyouwouldb...Show more

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ISBN

9780199685455

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published year

2014

Language

Edition

1

Original title

The Water -Babies

Format

Paperback

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