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Hart Pub Co, 1977. Hardcover. Interior is excellent/very good. spine is faded. 9x6x1. very good cover
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The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby Hardcover - 1977
by Charles Kingsley
About this book
The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby is a children's novel by the Reverend Charles Kingsley. Written in 1862-1863 as a serial for Macmillan's Magazine, it was first published in its entirety in 1863. The book was extremely popular during its day, and was a mainstay of children's literature through the 1920s, but eventually fell out of favor in part due to its prejudices against Irish, Jews, Catholics, blacks, Americans, and the poor.
In the style of Victorian-era novels, The Water-Babies is a didactic moral fable about a young chimney sweep, Tom, who falls into a river and becomes a 'water-baby,' guided by moral teachers through lessons and adventures, eventually earning the right to become human again and being united with an upper-class girl Ellie who had also become a 'water-baby.'
In the style of Victorian-era novels, The Water-Babies is a didactic moral fable about a young chimney sweep, Tom, who falls into a river and becomes a 'water-baby,' guided by moral teachers through lessons and adventures, eventually earning the right to become human again and being united with an upper-class girl Ellie who had also become a 'water-baby.'
First Edition Identification
First edition (London Macmillan and Company 1863) is usually without the L'Envoi leaf as is almost always encountered as the author had it removed from all but the first 200 or so copies. Illustrations in this edition include two full page plates by J. Noel Paton and with a number of small illustrations used throughout as opening initials.
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- Title The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby
- Author Charles Kingsley
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 319
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Hart Associates
- Date 1977-05
- ISBN 9780805512076 / 0805512071
- Ages 13 to 18 years
- Grade levels 8 - 13
- Reading level 1070
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 76006683
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Hart Associates, 1977. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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