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. AUTHOR Charles Kingsley (1819 - 1875) was a Victorian clergyman and writer, whose book 'The Water Babies' not only became a classic children's story, but also a force for social change in the form of improved working conditions for boy chimney-sweeps.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions LTD
ISBN-13
9781853261480
eBay Product ID (ePID)
89059490
Product Key Features
Book Title
The Water Babies
Author
Charles Kingsley, Jr.
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
1994
Genre
Children & Young Adults
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
198mm
Item Width
129mm
Item Weight
144g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Charles Kingsley, Jr.
Series Title
Wordsworth Children's Classics
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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