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

Kingsley, Charles

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0486450007 ISBN 13 : 9780486450001

Editeur : Dover Publications Inc., 2006

Synopsis

The Water Babies A young, ill-treated chimney sweep enters a magical waterworld where he meets creatures that teach him the difference between right and wrong. 32 illustrations.

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 :

The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby is a children's novel by the Reverend Charles Kingsley. Written in 1862–63 as a serial for Macmillan's Magazine, it was first published in its entirety in 1863. It was written as part satire in support of Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species. The book was extremely popular in England, and was a mainstay of British children's literature for many decades, but eventually fell out of favour in part due to its prejudices (common at the time) against Irish, Jews, Americans, and the poor.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Dover Publications Inc.
• Date d'édition: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0486450007
• ISBN 13: 9780486450001
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Illustrateur: Goble Warwick