The Water Babies (150th Anniversary Gift Edition)

Author: Charles Kingsley

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  • : 22.99 AUD
  • : 9780230770331
  • : Pan Macmillan
  • : Macmillan Children's Books
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  • : 0.341
  • : August 2015
  • : 234mm X 153mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 39.99
  • : September 2013
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  • : Charles Kingsley
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  • : Hardback
  • : Gift ed
  • : Mabel Lucie Attwell
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Barcode 9780230770331
9780230770331

Description

When Tom, a young chimney sweep, falls into a river and drowns, he is transformed from a twelve-year-old boy who has known nothing but brutality and poverty into a 'water-baby'. In an underwater world surrounded by fairies, insects and water nymphs, he soon discovers a new life of adventure and excitement.Gloriously illustrated with 8 colours plates from Mabel Lucie Attwell, and with a ribbon marker and a specially commissioned foreword, this beautiful hardback Macmillan Classics edition of Charles Kingsley's The Water-Babies, first published in 1863, is a truly special gift to treasure.

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A beautifully packaged gift edition of this classic favourite, The Water-Babies.

Author description

Charles Kingsley was a priest of the Church of England, university professor, historian and novelist. The Water-Babies was his most famous novel and was originally written and published as a serial in Macmillan's Magazine from 1862--1863 before being published in its entirety as a book in 1863. Charles Kingsley had a special relationship with Macmillan and was godfather to Daniel Macmillan's son Maurice and Alexander Macmillan's son Malcolm. It was while Alexander was staying with him at Eversley in June 1862 that Kingsley told him about The Water-Babies. Mabel Lucie Attwell was a British illustrator known for her drawings of children, based on her daughter, Peggy. She studied at Heatherley's and St Martin's School of Art before illustrating for magazines and books, including Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan and The Water-Babies.