Water-Babies

A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby

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Beschreibung

<p>After being chased from the home of an upper-class young girl called Ellie, chimney-sweep Tom falls asleep and tumbles into a river. There he is transformed into a 'water-baby' and his adventures truly begin. Beneath the surface, he enters a magical world full of strange and wonderful creatures, where he must prove his moral worth in order to earn what he truly desires.<br><br>One of the most unusual children's books ever written, <i>The Water-Babies</i>, subtitled 'A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby', was originally intended as a satire in support of Charles Darwin's <i>On the Origin of Species</i>, and explores many of the issues at the forefront of biologists' minds at the time. First published as a complete novel in 1863, Charles Kingsley's classic tale also explores ideas about religion, the Victorian education system and the working conditions of children and the poor.<br><br>With glorious black and white illustrations by W. Heath Robinson and an introduction by author and journalist Christina Hardyment.<br><br>Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.</p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781909621404

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Buch

Maße

157 x 98 x 20 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2016

Verlag / Hersteller

Pan Macmillan