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! ...

Originally conceived by its author as an entertaining story for Alice Liddell the daughter of an Oxford dean Alice's Adventures in Wonderland the fantastic tale of the young Alice's encounters with the White Rabbit the Cheshire Cat the Mad Hatter & the Queen of Hearts has captured the imaginations of young & old throughout the world since it was first published in 1865 In addition to the vivid & unforgettable characters it is the book's experimental style linguistic inventiveness & myriad of jokes & puzzles that account for the timeless fascination it inspires ...

A timeless heroine Alice is quick-witted determined & resourceful In her extraordinary adventures she meets a series of unforgettable characters from the bossy White Rabbit to the grinning Cheshire-Cat & the Mad Hatter all of whom are as famous as Alice herself Gloriously illustrated with the original line drawings by John Tenniel plates coloured by John Macfarlane a ribbon marker & a foreword by award-winning children&s author Hilary Mc Kay this beautiful hardback Macmillan Classics edition of Lewis Carroll&s Alice&s Adventures in Wonderland which was first published by Macmillan in 1865 is a truly special gift to treasure ...

Fall down the rabbit hole again & again with Adam Sabuda&s best creation yet! Building on his reputation as one of the most innovative paper-engineers working in children&s books Robert Sabuda dazzles us with his reworking of Alice in Wonderland The book consists of 7 spreads with breathtaking super-size pop-ups & additional pop-ups contained within mini story books Special effects include printed foil acetate pull-tab scenes & on the first spread a peep show of Alice falling into Wonderland Praise for Alice&s Adventures in Wonderland A Pop-up Adaptation&8203;&breathtaking three-dimensional images that are incredibly imaginative intricately detailed & perfectly executed a fresh look at the story & offering details that add greatly to the reading experience& School Library Journal& This will very likely come to be seen as the definitive pop-up version of Alice but it will also further establish Sabuda as the foremost visionary of the genre& Booklist Starred Review ...

First published by Macmillan in 1907 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Little Folks Edition is a charming miniature edition of Lewis Carroll's classic tale which is specially abridged for younger readers A sixth of the length of the original 1865 edition it features 32 brightly coloured illustrations by Sir John Tenniel uniquely featuring Alice in a red dress Faithfully reproduced from a rare archive copy this unique little book retains all the charm of the historic original With luxurious red Wibalin binding & gold sprayed edges it is the perfect celebration of Alice's special anniversary; a wonderful gift for fans of every age & a must-have for every collector's bookshelf ...

Many millions know & love the tale of " Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" but how many know the original story behind the famous book? It all began one 'golden afternoon' in Oxford in July 1862 when three young Liddell sisters set out on a boating trip accompanied by the Reverends Robinson Duckworth & Charles Lutwidge Dodgson To keep the children amused Dodgson a diffident young maths tutor began to tell a tale about an inquisitive youngster Alice & her escapades in an underground world Dodgson spun out the 'interminable fairy-tale' until Alice Liddell
- the heroine of the tale
- implored him to write it down & two tears later on 26 November 1864 he sent Alice an early ' Christmas gift for a dear child' In this superb facsimile of Dodgson's manuscript
- now one of the British Library's most treasured possessions
- modern readers can enjoy the expressive script & vibrant illustrations of the original In an accompanying commentary Sally Brown sketches a portrayal of Dodgson & traces the stages through which the story passed as it was revised expanded illustrated by the Punch cartoonist John Tenniel & finally published as " Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" under the celebrated pen-name Lewis Carroll



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