The Water-Babies

In this episode, your hosts Adam Whybray and Ren Wednesday go way back to 1863 for their discussion of the bizarre and 'nearly unreadable' Victorian morality tale The Water-Babies, by Charles Kingsley. Join us for an underwater spectacular of whimsy, heavy-handed moralising and offhand bigotry, that'll have you saying: 'I'm glad I didn't have to read this book!' A full transcript of this episode is available at: http://stillscared.podigee.io/17-waterbabies Content note for discussion of a part of the novel that features anti-black racism.