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The Water-Babies (inbunden, eng)
<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...
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<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>
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>
Format | Inbunden |
Omfång | 296 sidor |
Språk | Engelska |
Förlag | Pan Macmillan |
Utgivningsdatum | 2016-07-14 |
ISBN | 9781909621404 |
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- Inbunden, 296, Engelska, Pan Macmillan, 2016-07-14, 9781909621404
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- Format Inbunden
- Antal sidor 296
- Språk Engelska
- Förlag Pan Macmillan
- Utgivningsdatum 2016-07-14
- ISBN 9781909621404