TY - BOOK AU - Kingsley,Charles TI - The Water-Babies AV - PZ PY - 1997/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Chimney sweeps -- Juvenile fiction KW - Fairy tales -- England N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Water-Babies; Project Gutenberg has several editions of this eBook: #36309 (Illustrated in B & W and Color) #25564 (Illustrated in Color) #1018 (Plain HTML file); Release date is 1997-08-01; Transcribed from the 1889 Macmillan and Co. edition by David Price; Original publication data not identified N2 - "The Water-Babies" by Charles Kingsley is a children's novel written in 1862–1863. When young chimney sweep Tom falls into a river and transforms into a "water-baby," he begins a moral education in an underwater world. Guided by mystical fairies with peculiar names, Tom embarks on adventures alongside other water-babies, learning lessons about right and wrong. His journey includes reuniting with Ellie, an upper-class girl, and confronting his cruel former master. This Victorian fairy tale blends Christian redemption with social critique and satirical support for Darwin's evolutionary theories. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1018 ER -