Is The water-babies: a fairy tale for a land-baby (1863) CHUD or WOKE?
chudrank score: 58 / 100 (slightly WOKE-leaning). 0 is CHUD (right-wing), 100 is WOKE (left-wing).
Book by Charles Kingsley, 1863.
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Why: Christian Socialist critique of child labour
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.