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This is the story of Alice a girl who falls down a rabbit hole into an amazing world known as Wonderland Here she will have the most marvellous adventures including meeting a rabbit with a pocket watch playing croquet with the queen & going to the Mad Hatter&s tea party ...

This beautiful hardback edition is one of five special Puffin Classics created in partnership with the world-famous V&A Museum & has a stunning cover design adapted from their William Morris collection You never know where you'll find yourself in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll! On an ordinary summer's afternoon Alice tumbles down a hole & an extraordinary adventure begins In a strange world with even stranger characters she meets a grinning cat & a rabbit with a pocket watch joins a Mad Hatter's Tea Party & plays croquet with the Queen! Lost in this fantasy land Alice finds herself growing more & more curious by the minute ...

For those who have never read Lewis Carroll&s Alice novels or for those who wish to revisit the beloved tales this new edition of a perennial classic will appeal to today&s reader who appreciates adorable manga-styled artwork This 320-page collection contains all of Lewis Carroll&s original text along with two full-colour spreads & one hundred black-&-white full-page & spot illustrations Alice&s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass is a collection of stories featuring the titular character Alice & her misadventures through the curious & fantastical lands of Wonderland As little Alice goes deeper & deeper down the rabbit hole she meets an assortment of oddball characters like the eccentric March Hare the whimsical Mad Hatter & the enigmatic Cheshire Cat who will all become familiar faces within this strange world If Alice is to navigate the dangerous yet fascinating landscape of Wonderland she must learn who is friend & who is foe & use her good breeding & wits to find a way home ...

CELEBRATE 150 YEARS OF ALICEAlice is one of the most beloved characters of English writing A bright & inquisitive child one boring summer afternoon she follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole At the bottom she finds herself in a bizarre world full of strange creatures & attends a very strange tea party & croquet match This immensely witty & unique story mixes satire & puzzles comedy & anxiety to provide an astute depiction of the experience of childhood ...

Collecting Alice&s complete adventures a source of delight to children & adults alike for generations the Penguin Classics edition of Lewis Carroll&s Alice&s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass is edited with an introduction & notes by Hugh Haughton 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 & back-to-front Looking-Glass kingdom depict order turned upside-down Following the white rabbit into his warren Alice falls into a world where croquet is played with hedgehogs & flamingos a baby turns into a pig time runs amok at a the Mad Hatter&s tea-party a chaotic game of chess makes Alice a Queen & the Mock Turtle & Gryphon dance the Lobster Quadrille But amongst the anarchic humour & sparkling wordplay unforgettable characters puzzles & riddles are poignant moments of nostalgia for a lost childhood Original & experimental adapted into countless film & television versions as Alice in Wonderland the Alice books give readers a window on both child & adult worlds This is the most comprehensively annotated edition available &

Includes:: the manuscript version of Alice&s Adventures Under Ground & Carroll&s 1887 essay " Alice" on the stage& Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) was the pen-name of the Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson Educated at Rugby School & Christ Church Oxford Carroll was appointed lecturer in mathematics in 1855 where he spent the rest of his life In 1861 he took deacon&s orders but shyness & a constitutional stammer prevented him from seeking the priesthood If you enjoyed Alice&s Adventures in Wonderland you might like Mikhail Bulgakov&s The Master & Margarita also available in Penguin Classics &A work of glorious intelligence & literary devices nonsense becomes a form of higher sense& Malcolm Bradbury

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The Penguin English Library Edition of Alice&s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll" Curiouser & curiouser!" cried Alice (she was so surprised that for the moment she quite forgot how to speak good English) " Now I&m opening out like the largest telescope that ever was! Goodbye feet!"&&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& in 1862 to entertain his child-friend Alice Liddell His dream worlds of nonsensical Wonderland & the back-to-front Looking Glass kingdom depict order turned upside-down a baby turns into a pig time is abandoned at a disorderly tea-party & a chaotic game of chess makes a seven-year-old girl a Queen But amongst the anarchic humour & sparkling word play puzzles & riddles are poignant moments of nostalgia for lost childhood The Penguin English Library
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It's a warm summer's afternoon when young Alice first tumbles down the rabbit hole & into the adventures in Wonderland that have kept readers spellbound for more than 150 years Collected here are Lewis Carroll's two classics
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
- in which Alice encounters the laconic Cheshire Cat the anxious White Rabbit & the terrifying Red Queen as well as a host of other outlandish & charming characters Brought to life by Sir John Tenniel's legendary illustrations delightfully coloured by Barbara Frith & including an afterword by Anna South this elegant Macmillan Collector's Library edition is perfect for old & new fans alike Designed to appeal to the booklover the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful special gift editions of much loved classic titles Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love & treasure

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With an Introduction & Notes by Michael Irwin Professor of English Literature University of Kent at Canterbury This selection of Carroll&s works

Includes:: Alice&s Adventures in Wonderland & its sequel Through the Looking-Glass both containing the famous illustrations by Sir John Tenniel No greater books for children have ever been written The simple language dreamlike atmosphere & fantastical characters are as appealing to young readers today as ever they were Meanwhile however these apparently simple stories have become recognised as adult masterpieces & extraordinary experiments years ahead of their time in Modernism & Surrealism Through wordplay parody & logical & philosophical puzzles Carroll engenders a variety of sub-texts teasing ominous or melancholy For all the surface playfulness there is meaning everywhere The author reveals himself in glimpses

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Lewis Carroll&s Alice has been enchanting children for 150 years Curious Alice the bossy White Rabbit the formidable Queen of Hearts & the Mad Hatter are among the best-loved most iconic literary creations of all time Macmillan was the original publisher of Alice in 1865 & is proud to remain true to the vision of its creators Every bit as iconic are Sir John Tenniel&s remarkable black line illustrations perfectly capturing the combination of the ordinary & the extraordinary at the heart of Wonderland This beautiful celebratory edition of Alice&s Adventures in Wonderland has a gorgeous cover with shiny red foil & is packed full of fun bonus material including a quiz wordsearch & a glossary Lewis Carroll&s classic children&s book is brought to life like never before! ...