The Water-babies

ISBN: 9780199685455 Categorii: Diverse. An apariție: 2014 Autor: Charles Kingsley Editură: Oxford University Press Colecție: Oxford World'S Classics Tip copertă: Paperback Număr pagini: 288 Stoc: La comandă

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'this is all a fairy tale...and, therefore, you are not to believe a word of it, even if it is true' The Water-Babies (1863) is one of the strangest and most powerful children's stories ever written. In describing the underwater adventures of Tom, a chimney-sweeper's boy who is transformed into a water-baby after he drowns, Charles Kingsley combined comic fantasy and moral fable to extraordinary effect. Tom's encounters with friendly fish, curious lobsters, and characters such as Mrs Doasyouwouldbedoneby are both an exciting fairy tale and a crash course in evolutionary theory. They also reflect the quirky imagination of one of the great Victorian eccentrics. Tom's adventures are constantly interrupted by Kingsley's sideswipes at contemporary issues such as child labour and the British education system, and they offer a rich satiric take on the great scientific debates of the day. This edition reprints the original complete version of the story, and includes a lively introduction, detailed explanatory notes, and an appendix that reprints Kingsley's first attempt to describe the mysterious creatures that live under the sea.

Limba
Engleza
Autor
Charles Kingsley
Data Publicarii
2014
Editura
Oxford University Press
Latime
12.9
Inaltime
19.6
Grosime
1.3
Tip Coperta
Paperback
Nr Pag
288
Colectie
Oxford World'S Classics
Isbn 13
9780199685455
Cod
9780199685455
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