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9%OFFLewis Carrol - Alice´s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass - 9780141439761 - 9780141439761
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Alice´s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass

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Description for Alice´s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass paperback. Conjured up one 'golden afternoon' in 1862 to entertain Alice Liddell, the daughter of the dean of Carroll's college, the dream worlds of nonsensical Wonderland and back-to-front Looking-Glass kingdom depict order turned upside-down. Illustrator(s): Tenniel, Sir John. Editor(s): Haughton, Hugh. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 5AK; FC; YFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 328.

'A work of glorious intelligence and literary devices . . . Nonsense becomes a form of higher sense' Malcolm Bradbury

'I had sent my heroine straight down a rabbit-hole . . . without the least idea what was to happen afterwards,' wrote Lewis Carroll, describing how Alice was conjured up one 'golden afternoon' to entertain a young girl. His dream worlds of nonsensical Wonderland and the back-to-front Looking-Glass kingdom depict order turned upside-down: a baby turns into a pig, time is abandoned at a disordered tea-party and a seven-year-old girl is made Queen. But amongst the anarchic humour and ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141439761
SKU
9780141439761
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About Lewis Carrol
Lewis Carroll (Author) Lewis Carroll, born Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-98), grew up in Cheshire in the village of Daresbury, the son of a parish priest. He was a brilliant mathematician, a skilled photographer and a meticulous letter and diary writer. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, inspired by Alice Liddell, the daughter of the Dean of Christ Church in Oxford, ... Read more

Reviews for Alice´s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
“A work of glorious intelligence and literary devices…Nonsense becomes a form of higher sense”  –Malcolm Bradbury “Alice in Wonderland is one of the top 25 books of all time. I always loved the book and I always loved the various characters, the psychedelic nature of it and kind-of odd allegorical stories inside stories. I always thought it was beautiful.”  –Jonny ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Alice´s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass


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