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The Hunting of the Snark : An Agony in Eight Fits (Penguin Classics)
Lewis Carroll
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Description for The Hunting of the Snark : An Agony in Eight Fits (Penguin Classics)
Paperback. Reproduces the original illustrations by Henry Holiday of the author's epic which appeared in 1876. This book also contains F C S Schiller's "Commentary on the Snark" and J A Lyndon's "Fit the Seven-and-a-Halfth". Illustrator(s): Holiday, Henry. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 7. Weight in Grams: 102.
'They sought it with thimbles, they sought it with care; They pursued it with forks and hope; They threatened its life with a railway share; They charmed it with smiles and soap' Ever since Lewis Carroll's nonsense epic appeared in 1876 readers have joined his ten-man Snark-hunting crew and pursued the search with great enthusiasm. What are they hunting for? What is the Snark? Numerous theories have been proposed. Carroll himself provides a helpful Preface to the poem and is recorded as having explained to one reader: 'In answer to your question, 'What did you mean the Snark was?' will ... Read more
'They sought it with thimbles, they sought it with care; They pursued it with forks and hope; They threatened its life with a railway share; They charmed it with smiles and soap' Ever since Lewis Carroll's nonsense epic appeared in 1876 readers have joined his ten-man Snark-hunting crew and pursued the search with great enthusiasm. What are they hunting for? What is the Snark? Numerous theories have been proposed. Carroll himself provides a helpful Preface to the poem and is recorded as having explained to one reader: 'In answer to your question, 'What did you mean the Snark was?' will ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140434910
SKU
V9780140434910
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Ref
99-1
About Lewis Carroll
Lewis Carroll was the pen-name of the Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. Born in 1832, he was educated at Rugby School and Christ Church, Oxford, where he was appointed lecturer in mathematics in 1855, and where he spent the rest of his life. In 1861 he took deacon's orders, but shyness and a constitutional stammer prevented him from seeking the priesthood. ... Read more
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