The Water-Babies - Softcover
The protagonist is Tom, a young chimney sweep, who falls into a river after encountering an upper-class girl named Ellie and being chased out of her house. There he appears to drown and is transformed into a "water-baby", as he is told by a caddisfly—an insect that sheds its skin—and begins his moral education. The story is thematically concerned with Christian redemption, though Kingsley also uses the book to argue that England treats its poor badly, and to question child labour, among other themes.
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- PublisherIndependently published
- Publication date2018
- ISBN 10 1790365732
- ISBN 13 9781790365739
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages178
- IllustratorWillcox Smith Jessie
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Brand New. Willcox Smith, Jessie (illustrator). 178 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.45 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # zk1790365732
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