The story follows Tom in his land-life as a climbing boy for a chimney-sweep and in his after-life as a water-baby, where he gains redemption from selfishness as well as from drudgery. On to his fantasy Kingsley grafts a series of digressions and comic asides, through which he comments on a range of contemporary issues.
Genres
- Chimney sweeps
- Fiction
- Fairy tales
- Open Library Staff Picks
- Fiction in English
- Children's stories
- Children's fiction
- Fairies, fiction
- Adventure and adventurers, fiction
- Fantasy
- Painting
- Private collections
- Royal houses
- Art collections
- Kings and rulers
- Juvenile fiction
- Fairies
- Marine animals
- British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)
- Fiction, general
- Contes de fées
- Emotions, fiction
- Children
- Conduct of life
- Evolution
- American Fantasy fiction
- Animal welfare
- Child abuse
- Christian life
- Children's literature
- Chimney sweeps -- Juvenile fiction
- Fairy tales -- England
- Children’s
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