The Alice Behind Wonderland

Zusatztext In a sympathetic, but not indulgent, account, Winchester is successful in conveying, but not defending, the complexities of a curious and enigmatic man. Informationen zum Autor Simon Winchester is the author of The Professor and the Madman, The Map that Changed the World, Krakatoa, and A Crack in the Edge of the World. Each of these have been New York Times bestsellers and appeared on numerous best and notable booklists. In recognition of his accomplished body of work, Winchester was made Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2006. He lives in Massachusetts and in the Western Isles of Scotland. Klappentext Simon Winchester turns his unrivaled talents to revealing the significance of the intriguing photograph whose subject inspired Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Zusammenfassung Simon Winchester turns his unrivaled talents to revealing the significance of the intriguing photograph whose subject inspired Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

Product details

• Authors: Simon Winchester
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Trade
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.03.2011
• EAN: 9780195396195
• ISBN: 978-0-19-539619-5
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 218 mm x 10 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; PHOTOGRAPHY / Individual Photographers / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Children's & Young Adult Literature, Individual photographers, Literary studies: general, 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, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form