Charles Kingsley
Kingsley was a Christian Socialist whose social novels condemned the exploitation of the working poor with passionate moral urgency. Alton Locke and Yeast are important Victorian reform novels, while The Water-Babies is his most enduring fictional work.
Works
- Alton LockeNovel of a tailor-poet seeking social reform and redemption
- YeastNovel exploring theological doubt and social reform through artistic endeavour
- HypatiaHistorical novel set in Alexandria during early Christian and pagan conflict
- Westward Ho!Adventure novel of Elizabethan sailors fighting Spanish power overseas
- The Water-BabiesFantasy novel combining social critique with magic and moral lessons