In 1862 Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, a shy Oxford mathematician with a stammer, created a story about a little girl tumbling down a rabbit hole. Thus began the immortal adventures of Alice, perhaps the most popular heroine in English literature. Countless scholars have tried to define the charm of the Alice books--with those wonderfully eccentric characters the Queen of Hearts, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, the Cheshire Cat, Mock Turtle, the Mad Hatter et al.--by proclaiming that they really comprise a satire on language, a political allegory, a parody of Victorian children's literature, even a reflection of contemporary ecclesiastical history. Perhaps, as Dodgson might have said, Alice is no more than a dream, a fairy tale about a trials and tribulations of growing up--or down, or all tumed round--as seen through the expert eyes of a child. From the Paperback edition.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Peter Pauper Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0880889020
ISBN-13
9780880889025
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1190278
Product Key Features
Book Title
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Author
Lewis Carroll
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Features
Reprint
Topic
Classics, Fantasy & Magic, Fairy Tales & Folklore / General, General