The Water-Babies
A Fairy-Tale for a Land Baby
A grim, wonderful and classic fantasy tale for children and adults: A poor maltreated boy is working as a chimney-sweep. He drowns, but continue to live and learn in the magical water world. Perhaps he and his friends -- drowned humans like him -- can get a second chance among the living?An important aspect of The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby (first published 1862-63) is its criticism of child labour; the novel is credited with easing the passage of the Chimney Sweepers Regulation Act of 1864, prohibiting the use of minors as chimney-sweeps.This fairy tale for a modern age is also of interest in the history of science. Charles K…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-91-87611-25-4
- EAN: 9789187611254
- Produktnummer: 33409581
- Verlag: Timaios Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 168 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B15.3 cm x D1.2 cm 338 g
- Auflage: 2. Auflage
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 338
- Sonstiges: Ab 0 - 12 J.
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