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The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby by Charles Kingsley (1863)
Tom, a young chimney sweep, drowns and is transformed into a water-baby — a tiny aquatic creature who embarks on a journey of moral education through rivers and seas. A strange, beautiful, and deeply Victorian fairy tale.
Historical Significance:
Charles Kingsley, an Anglican clergyman and friend of Charles Darwin, wrote The Water-Babies partly as a protest against child labor — chimney sweeps were among the most expl...
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Tom, a young chimney sweep, drowns and is transformed into a water-baby — a tiny aquatic creature who embarks on a journey of moral education through rivers and seas. A strange, beautiful, and deeply Victorian fairy tale.
Historical Significance:
Charles Kingsley, an Anglican clergyman and friend of Charles Darwin, wrote The Water-Babies partly as a protest against child labor — chimney sweeps were among the most expl...
Read free on BoingyBooks: https://boingybooks.com/marketplace/product.php?id=256
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