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Charles Kingsley The Water -Babies (Paperback) Oxford World's Classics
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- Publication Name
- The Water -Babies
- Title
- The Water -Babies
- EAN
- 9780199685455
- Release Year
- 2014
- Release Date
- 10/07/2014
- ISBN-10
- 0199685452
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- GB
- Contributor
- Brian Alderson (Revised by)
- Series
- Oxford World's Classics
- ISBN
- 9780199685455
- Item Length
- 129mm
- UPC
- 9780199685455
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- The Water -Babies
- Item Height
- 196mm
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Genre
- Children & Young Adults
- Topic
- Literature, Books
- Item Width
- 129mm
- Item Weight
- 208g
- Number of Pages
- 288 Pages
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'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 Doasyouwouldbedoneby are both an exciting fairy tale and a crash course in evolutionary theory. They also reflect the quirky imagination of one of the great Victorian eccentrics. Tom's adventures are constantly interrupted by Kingsley's sideswipes at contemporary issues such as child labour and the British education system, and they offer a rich satiric take on the great scientific debates of the day.This edition reprints the original complete version of the story, and includes a lively introduction, detailed explanatory notes, and an appendix that reprints Kingsley's first attempt to describe the mysterious creatures that live under the sea.
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Oxford University Press
ISBN-13
9780199685455
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Book Title
The Water -Babies
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Literature, Books
Publication Year
2014
Genre
Children & Young Adults
Number of Pages
288 Pages
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Item Height
196mm
Item Width
129mm
Item Weight
208g
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Series Title
Oxford World's Classics
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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