The Water Babies - Couverture souple

Kingsley, Charles

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140367365 ISBN 13 : 9780140367362

Editeur : Puffin Classics, 1995

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.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

When Tom, an ill-treated little chimney-sweep, jumps into a clear, cool stream to clean himself something magical happens; he is turned into a tiny water baby by the fairies. He enters a strange, magical underwater world, and travels beyond the world's end to the other end-of-nowhere, getting into all sorts of scrapes and encountering creatures beautiful and frightening along the way. He also learns many important lessons - it is a voyage of discovery that Tom will never forget.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Puffin Classics
• Date d'édition: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0140367365
• ISBN 13: 9780140367362
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256