The Water-Babies

Description:

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: Chimney sweeps,  Fiction,  Fairy tales,  Open Library Staff Picks,  Fiction in English,  Children's stories,  Children's fiction,  Fairies, fiction,  Adventure and adventurers, fiction,  Fantasy,  Painting,  Private collections,  Royal houses,  Art collections,  Kings and rulers,  Juvenile fiction,  Fairies,  Marine animals,  British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author),  Fiction, general,  Contes de fées,  Emotions, fiction,  Children,  Conduct of life,  Evolution,  American Fantasy fiction,  Animal welfare,  Child abuse,  Christian life,  Children's literature,  Chimney sweeps -- Juvenile fiction,  Fairy tales -- England,  Children’s

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