The water-babies: a fairy tale for a land-baby
About this book
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 his fantasy Kingsley grafts a series of digressions and comic asides, through which he comments on a range of contemporary issues.
Subjects
- adventure and adventurers, fiction
- american fantasy fiction
- animal welfare
- art collections
- british and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)
- child abuse
- children
- children’s
- children's fiction
- children's literature
- children's stories
- chimney sweeps
- chimney sweeps -- juvenile fiction
- christian life
- conduct of life
- contes de fées
- emotions, fiction
- evolution
- fairies
- fairies, fiction
- fairy tales
- fairy tales -- england
- fantasy
- fiction
- fiction, general
- fiction in english
- juvenile fiction
- kings and rulers
- marine animals
- open library staff picks
- painting
- private collections
- royal houses