Ulteriori informazioni
Informationen zum Autor Charles Kingsley was a broad church priest of the Church of England, a university lecturer, a social reformer, a historian, a novelist, and a poet. He lived from 12 June 1819 to 23 January 1875. He is known for his involvement in Christian socialism, the working men's college, and the establishment of labor cooperatives, which were unsuccessful but inspired later labor reforms. He was Charles Darwin's friend and correspondent. The eldest child of the Reverend Charles Kingsley and his wife, Mary Lucas Kingsley, Kingsley was born in Holne, Devon. Both his sister Charlotte Chanter (1828-1882) and brother Henry Kingsley (1830-1876) were writers. He was the uncle of the explorer and scientist Mary Kingsley and the father of the novelist Lucas Malet (Mary St. Leger Kingsley, 1852-1931). (1862-1900). The early years of Charles Kingsley were spent in Barnack, Northamptonshire, and Clovelly, Devon, where his father served as Curate from 1826 to 1832 and Rector from 1832 to 1836. Before attending King's College London and the University of Cambridge, he received his education at Bristol Grammar School and Helston Grammar School. Charles enrolled in Cambridge's Magdalene College in 1838 and earned his degree there in 1842. Klappentext A biography of the priest, historian and supporter of social reform, now remembered as the author of The Water Babies. Zusammenfassung Best remembered for his children's tale The Water Babies, Charles Kingsley (1819–75) was an Anglican priest, historian, novelist and supporter of social reform. Written by his wife and drawing on his letters, this account of a varied life gives insights into the concerns and preoccupations of the mid-Victorian period. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Birth and parentage; 2. 1830-8. Live at Clovelly; 3. 1838-42. Life at Cambridge; 4. 1842. Reads for Holy Orders; 5. 1842-3. Curate life; 6. 1844-7. Marriage; 7. 1848. Publication of Saint's Tragedy; 8. 1849. Winter in Devonshire; 9. 1850-1. Resigns the office of clerk in orders at Chelsea; 10. 1851. Letters on university reform and teetotalism; 11. 1852. Strike in the iron-trade; 12. 1853. The rector in his church; 13. 1854. Torquay; 14. 1855. Bideford; 15. 1856. Winter at Farley Court....
