The water-babies: a fairy tale for a land-baby
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"ONCE upon a time there was a little chimney-sweep, and his was Tom."
330 pages
~5h 30min to read
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The story follows Tom 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.
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