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Title: The Water-Babies

Author: Charles Kingsley

Narrator: Simon Vance

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 3 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-16-11

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 18 votes

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

A classic since its first publication in 1863, The Water-Babies is the story of a little chimney sweep named Tom and his magical adventures beneath the waves. The ill-treated Tom flees his dangerous toil and his cruel master, Grimes. When he jumps into a cool stream to clean the soot off himself, he becomes a water-baby, cleaner and happier than he has ever been, in a hidden fairy world. There, Tom meets haughty dragonflies, makes friends with a slow-witted lobster, and dodges hungry otters. Eventually, he meets the other water-babies and their clever rulers, Mrs. Bedonebyasyoudid and Mrs. Doasyouwouldbedoneby. After a long and arduous quest to the Other-end-of-Nowhere, young Tom achieves his hearts desire.

Critic Reviews:

Everyone who has an interest in the exuberant, eclectic, ecological, and erotic aspects of Victorian literature should know this book[A] delightful and important work of Victorian childrens literature. (Naomi Wood, Associate Professor of English, Kansas State University)

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