The Annotated Alice

Informationen zum Autor Lewis Carroll, born Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-98), grew up in Cheshire in the village of Daresbury, the son of a parish priest. He was a brilliant mathematician, a skilled photographer and a meticulous letter and diary writer. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, inspired by Alice Liddell, the daughter of the Dean of Christ Church in Oxford, was published in 1865, followed by Through the Looking-Glass in 1871. He wrote numerous stories and poems for children including the nonsense poem The Hunting of the Snark and fairy stories Sylvie and Bruno. Klappentext Martin Gardner is the undisputed king of Carroll scholarship. He is also the author of many books on mathematical puzzles in Penguin. Now 87-years old, he lives in Hendersonville, North Carolina. Zusammenfassung Bringing together a lifetime's work on Lewis Carroll, this work looks at Carroll's puzzles and games of logic and focuses on topics ranging from Alice's influence on the Beat poet, Jack Kerouac to how mercury in hat linings turned hatters mad.

Product details

• Authors: Lewis Carroll, Martin Gardner, John Tenniel
• Assisted by: John Tenniel (Illustration), Marti Gardner (Editor), Martin Gardner (Editor), Martin Gardner (Introduction)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 25.10.2001
• EAN: 9780140289299
• ISBN: 978-0-14-028929-9
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 16 mm
• Series: Penguin Pocketbooks
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Fairytales, sagas, legends; LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Children's & Young Adult Literature, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Children’s & teenage literature studies, Children’s and teenage literature studies: general