| Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, Fiction, Classics, Fantasy, Literature Contributor(s): Carroll, Lewis (Author) |
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ISBN: 1598188844 ISBN-13: 9781598188844 Publisher: Aegypan OUR PRICE: $12.56 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2006 Annotation: Lewis Carroll's classic tales of Alice go almost without introduction -- but many in our day an age know the story only from an infinity of TV adaptations. That's a shame, because Carroll was a delightful writer: ." . . Just then her head struck against the roof of the hall: in fact she was now more than nine feet high, and she at once took up the little golden key and hurried off to the garden door. . . . Poor Alice!" Alice may be poor, but all who read of her are wealthy in a way that's utterly uncommon. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology - Fiction | Fantasy - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 560 |
| Physical Information: 0.28" H x 6" W x 9" (0.41 lbs) 120 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Lewis Carroll's classic tales of Alice go almost without introduction -- but many in our day and age know the story only from an infinity of TV adaptations. That's a shame, because Carroll was a delightful writer: " . . . Just then her head struck against the roof of the hall: in fact she was now more than nine feet high, and she at once took up the little golden key and hurried off to the garden door. . . . Poor Alice " Alice may be poor, but all who read of her are wealthy in a way that's utterly uncommon. |
Contributor Bio(s): Carroll, Lewis: - "Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832 - 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English writer, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer. His most famous writings are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, its sequel Through the Looking-Glass, which includes the poem "Jabberwocky" and the poem The Hunting of the Snark - all examples of the genre of literary nonsense. He is noted for his facility at word play, logic and fantasy. There are societies in many parts of the world dedicated to the enjoyment and promotion of his works and the investigation of his life." |