The Water-Babies Paperback - 1995
by Charles Kingsley; Brian Alderson (Editor)
About this book
In the style of Victorian-era novels, The Water-Babies is a didactic moral fable about a young chimney sweep, Tom, who falls into a river and becomes a 'water-baby,' guided by moral teachers through lessons and adventures, eventually earning the right to become human again and being united with an upper-class girl Ellie who had also become a 'water-baby.'
From the rear cover
The story follows Tome in his land-life as a climbing boy for a chimney-sweep and in his after-life as a water-baby, where he gains redemption from selfishness as well as from drudgery. On to his fantasy Kingsley grafts a series of digressions and comic asides, through which he comments on a range of contemporary issues.
First Edition Identification
First edition (London Macmillan and Company 1863) is usually without the L'Envoi leaf as is almost always encountered as the author had it removed from all but the first 200 or so copies. Illustrations in this edition include two full page plates by J. Noel Paton and with a number of small illustrations used throughout as opening initials.
Details
- Title The Water-Babies
- Author Charles Kingsley; Brian Alderson (Editor)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 270
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, Oxford
- Date 1995-03
- ISBN 9780192822383 / 0192822381
- Weight 0.26 lbs (0.12 kg)
- Dimensions 7.33 x 4.61 x 0.49 in (18.62 x 11.71 x 1.24 cm)
- Ages 09 to 12 years
- Grade levels 4 - 7
- Reading level 1070
- Library of Congress subjects Fairy tales, Fantasy
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 94011775
- Dewey Decimal Code 823.8
More Copies for Sale
Water Babies (World's Classics)
by Kingsley, Charles
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780192822383 / 0192822381
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
GORING BY SEA, West Sussex, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
$1.00$10.85 shipping to USA
Show Details
The Water-Babies
by Kingsley, Charles
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780192822383 / 0192822381
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Carmarthenshire, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
$2.53$17.10 shipping to USA
Show Details
The Water-Babies
by Kingsley, Charles
- Used
- Condition
- Used - Good
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780192822383 / 0192822381
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Dunfermline, Fife, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
$5.25$10.00 shipping to USA
Show Details
The Water-Babies
by Charles Kingsley
- Used
- Acceptable
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780192822383 / 0192822381
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
- Item Price
-
$6.57FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
The Water-Babies (The World's Classics)
by Alderson, Brian
- Used
- Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780192822383 / 0192822381
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- Item Price
-
$6.99$14.99 shipping to USA
Show Details
The Water-Babies
by Kingsley Charles
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780192822383 / 0192822381
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Wellington, Greater Wellington, New Zealand
- Item Price
-
$7.14$26.41 shipping to USA
Show Details
The Water-Babies (Oxford World's Classics)
by Charles Kingsley; Editor-Brian Alderson
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780192822383 / 0192822381
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
HOUSTON, Texas, United States
- Item Price
-
$16.05FREE shipping to USA