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100 1 _aKingsley, Charles,
_d1819-1875
245 1 4 _aThe Water-Babies
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c1997
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Water-Babies
500 _aProject Gutenberg has several editions of this eBook: #36309 (Illustrated in B & W and Color) #25564 (Illustrated in Color) #1018 (Plain HTML file)
500 _aRelease date is 1997-08-01
508 _aTranscribed from the 1889 Macmillan and Co. edition by David Price
520 _a"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.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aChimney sweeps -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aFairy tales -- England
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1018
999 _c43137
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