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Kingsley was a lively, controversial figure in his time. There were contradictions in his nature: a devout and reforming Christian, he nevertheless delighted in sensual celebration of the human form; and while a crusader for the rights and welfare of the working man, he despised negroes.
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Martin, B. (1989). Charles Kingsley. In: Martin, B. (eds) The Nineteenth Century (1798–1900). Macmillan Anthologies of English Literature. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-20159-4_40
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