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ISBN: 9780143105091 - The Water Babies
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The Water Babies

A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby

Charles Kingsley

ISBN: 9780143105091
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Edition: illustrated edition


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Tom, a young chimney sweep, toils under the misery of his horrendous job and cruel boss, Grimes, until fairies turn him into a water-baby - an underwater sprite…

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"The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby" is a children's novel by the Reverend Charles Kingsley. Written in 1862-1863 as a serial for "Macmillan's Magazine", it was first published in its entirety in 1863. The book was extremely popular during its day, and was a mainstay of children's literature through the 1920s.
 
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