The Water Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Landbaby - Couverture souple

Kingsley Jr., Charles

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1853261483 ISBN 13 : 9781853261480

Editeur : Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1994

Synopsis

Tom, a poor orphan, is employed by the villainous chimney-sweep, Grimes, to climb up inside flues to clear away the soot. While engaged in this dreadful task, he loses his way and emerges in the bedroom of Ellie, the young daughter of the house who mistakes him for a thief. He runs away, and, hot and bothered, he slips into a cooling stream, falls asleep, and becomes a Water Baby. In his new life, he meets all sorts of aquatic creatures, including an engaging old lobster, other water babies, and at last reaches St Branden's Isle where he encounters the fierce Mrs Bedonebyeasyoudid and the motherly Mrs Doasyouwouldbedoneby. After a long and arduous quest to the Other-end-of-Nowhere young Tom achieves his heart's desire.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Charles Kingsley (1819-1875) led quite a wild life at university but, in 1842, he followed in his father s footsteps and was ordained as a priest. He was a Christian Socialist and spent his life campaigning for such things as better education for girls, and improving the living conditions of the working class. Victorian society was very inflexible and Kingsley was soon branded as a radical. His patriotic attitude to the Crimean War (1854-6), made him acceptable again and he became Chaplain to Queen Victoria. Later, royal influence led to his appointment as a Professor of History at Cambridge University. During his out of favour years he was a devoted priest in Hampshire and put his beliefs into practice. His work as a parish priest and his lecture tours as a Christian Socialist, always came first, leaving his writing to take second place.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1994
• ISBN 10: 1853261483
• ISBN 13: 9781853261480
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224