The Water Babies - Couverture rigide

Kingsley, Charles

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0517618176 ISBN 13 : 9780517618172

Editeur : Random House Value Publications, 1986

Synopsis

Book by Kingsley Charles

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Random House Value Publications
• Date d'édition: 1986
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0517618176
• ISBN 13: 9780517618172
• Reliure: Relié
• Illustrateur: Smith Jessie Willcox
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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