Lewis Carroll
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, published “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” in 1865 and its sequel, “Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There”, in 1871. Considered a master of the genre of literary nonsense, he is renowned for his ingenious wordplay and sense of logic, and his highly original vision.
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (5)
The Mad Hatter, the Ugly Duchess, the Mock Turtle, the Queen of Hearts, the Cheshire Cat — characters each more eccentric than the last, and that could only have come from Lewis Carroll, the master of sublime nonsense. In these two brilliant burlesques he created two of the most famous and fantastic novels of all time …
Through the Looking Glass (2)
Purchase one of 1st World Library’s Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG – - One thing was certain, that the WHITE kitten had had nothing to do with it: – it was the black kitten’s fault entirely. For the white kitten had been having …
The Annotated Alice: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass (2)
For over half a century, Martin Gardner has established himself as one of the world’s leading authorities on Lewis Carroll. His Annotated Alice, first published in 1960, has over half a million copies in print around the world and is highly sought after by families and scholars alike-for it was Gardner who first decoded…
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: A Facsimile Reprint of the 1866 Edition (0)
This edition includes forty-two illustrations by John Tenniel.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Tor Classic) (0)
Tor Classics are affordably-priced editions designed to attract the young reader. Original dynamic cover art enthusiastically represents the excitement of each story. Appropriate “reader friendly” type sizes have been chosen for each title—offering clear, accurate, and readable text. Life gets strange when Alice sees a…
Sylvie and Bruno (0)
Purchase one of 1st World Library’s Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG – - One little picture in this book, the Magic Locket, at p. 77, was drawn by ‘Miss Alice Havers.’ I did not state this on the title-page, since it seemed only d…
Alice's Adventures Under Ground: A Fascimile (0)
Generations of readers have loved and embraced Lewis Carroll’s tale of the little girl who falls down a rabbit hole into a fantasy world of anthropomorphic creatures and absurd croquet matches, but how many can recount the history behind this famous story? It all began one golden July afternoon in Oxford in 1862, when t…
Alice in Wonderland (0)
The highest standards in editing and production have been applied to the Wordsworth Children’s Classics, while the low price makes them affordable for everyone. Wordsworth’s list covers a range of the best-loved stories for children, from nursery tales, classic fables, and fairy tales to stories that will appeal to olde…
The Hunting of the Snark (0)
“The Hunting of the Snark” was first published in 1876, eleven years after “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” and four years after “Through the Looking-Glass.” It is a masterpiece of nonsense and is connected to “Through the Looking-Glass” by its use of vocabulary from the poem “Jabberwocky.” “The Hunting of the Snark” …
