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The Water-Babies is an extraordinary children's book that combines fantasy, satire, social comment, and evolutionary theory to create a fairy tale like no other. This attractive new edition reprints the original complete text and illustrations with a lively introduction and notes that reveal the full richness of Kingsley's exuberant story.

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This new OUP edition has splendid notes, which should guide you through the abstruse references if you want them too. Theres also a learned introduction for those who like a bit of background information. * Harriet Devine, Shiny New Books *

The Water Babies

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    A Paperback / softback by Charles Kingsley, Brian Alderson, Robert Douglas-Fairhurst

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      Publisher Oxford University Press
      Published 10 July 2014
      ISBN-13 9780199685455
      978-0199685455
      ISBN-10 0199685452
      Also in:
      ELT & Literary Studies Children’s literature studies: general Children & Teen Fiction

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The Water-Babies is an extraordinary children's book that combines fantasy, satire, social comment, and evolutionary theory to create a fairy tale like no other. This attractive new edition reprints the original complete text and illustrations with a lively introduction and notes that reveal the full richness of Kingsley's exuberant story.

      Trade Review
      This new OUP edition has splendid notes, which should guide you through the abstruse references if you want them too. Theres also a learned introduction for those who like a bit of background information. * Harriet Devine, Shiny New Books *

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