The Water-Babies
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2024
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New edition
Flame Tree Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-80417-788-4 (ISBN)
Flame Tree Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-80417-788-4 (ISBN)
A gorgeous, collectable, new edition of The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby. Tom, a young chimney sweep, is chased from a house then falls into a river to becomes a water-baby. He is guided back to humanity through a series of adventures, each with a moral lesson which, for the reader, explores the social attitudes of the Victorian era.
A stunning new edition with deluxe cover treatments, ribbon markers, luxury endpapers and gilded edges. The unabridged text is accompanied by a Glossary of Victorian and Literary terms produced for the modern reader.
A masterpiece of nostalgia, Charles Kingsley's Victorian classic tells of Tom, a young chimney sweep who falls into a river and, becoming a water-baby, is guided back to humanity through a series of adventures, each with a moral lesson. Part of the fascination with the book today is the reflection of Victorian-era debates about poverty, working children and the eternal conflict between nature vs nurture.
The FLAME TREE COLLECTABLE CLASSICS are chosen to create a delightful and timeless home library.
A stunning new edition with deluxe cover treatments, ribbon markers, luxury endpapers and gilded edges. The unabridged text is accompanied by a Glossary of Victorian and Literary terms produced for the modern reader.
A masterpiece of nostalgia, Charles Kingsley's Victorian classic tells of Tom, a young chimney sweep who falls into a river and, becoming a water-baby, is guided back to humanity through a series of adventures, each with a moral lesson. Part of the fascination with the book today is the reflection of Victorian-era debates about poverty, working children and the eternal conflict between nature vs nurture.
The FLAME TREE COLLECTABLE CLASSICS are chosen to create a delightful and timeless home library.
Charles Kingsley was a priest of the Church of England, a university professor, social reformer, historian, novelist and poet. He campaigned for workers rights and against poverty. He was a friend of Charles Darwin's ideas influenced his classic book, Water-Babies.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 28.03.2024 |
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| Reihe/Serie | Flame Tree Collectable Classics |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 93 x 150 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Historische Romane |
| Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-80417-788-1 / 1804177881 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-80417-788-4 / 9781804177884 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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