The Water-Babies

by Charles Kingsley

1870 · Chimney sweeps -- Juvenile fiction, Fairy tales -- England, Children's Literature · 22 chapters

Children's literature in 8 chapters by Charles Kingsley. It opens on Tom, with Grimes and Ellie alongside. It begins: “While in a grove I sate reclined; In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts Bring sad thoughts to the mind”.

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Other editions in the library: The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby.

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