Alice's Adventures In Wonderland And Through The Looking Glass

Author: Lewis Carroll; Charlie Lovett (Introduction by); John Tenniel (Illustrator)

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  • : $26.99 AUD
  • : 9780143107620
  • : Penguin Publishing Group
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  • : 0.303907
  • : June 2015
  • : 198mm X 129mm X 18mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 26.99
  • : September 2015
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  • : Lewis Carroll; Charlie Lovett (Introduction by); John Tenniel (Illustrator)
  • : Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition Ser.
  • : Paperback
  • : 915
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  • : English
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Description

Lewis Carroll's brilliantly timeless tales--in a deluxe 150th-anniversary edition


 


Original, experimental, and unparalleled in their charm, Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There have enchanted readers for generations. The topsy-turvy dream worlds of Wonderland and the Looking-Glass realm are full of the unexpected: A baby turns into a pig, time stands still at a "mad" tea-party, and a chaotic game of chess turns seven-year-old Alice into a queen. These unforgettable tales--filled with sparkling wordplay and unbridled imagination--balance joyous nonsense with poignant moments of longing for the lost innocence of childhood.


 


For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Author description

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, best-known by his pen name, Lewis Carroll, was a man of diverse interests- mathematics, logic, photography, art, theater, religion, medicine, and science. He was happiest in the company of children for whom he created puzzles, clever games, and charming letters. His book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865), became an immediate success and has since been translated into more than eighty languages. The equally popular sequel Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, was published in 1872. His books are among the most quoted works in the English language, and his influence (with that of his illustrator, Sir John Tenniel) can be seen everywhere, from the world of advertising to that of atomic physics. Charlie Lovett is a former antiquarian bookseller and an avid book collector, especially relating to Lewis Carroll. He is the author of The New York Times bestseller The Bookman's Tale and First Impressions.