Description
| Product ID: | 9781909621404 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Macmillan Collector's Library |
| Title: | The Water-Babies |
| Subtitle: | A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby |
| Authors: | Author: Charles Kingsley |
| Page Count: | 296 |
| Subjects: | Classic fiction: general and literary, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Fantasy, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy, Fantasy, Classic fiction (Children's / Teenage), Fantasy & magical realism (Children's / Teenage) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Charles Kingsley's classic children's tale with glorious illustrations by W. Heath Robinson. <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> |
| Imprint Name: | Macmillan Collector's Library |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2016-07-14 |