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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Lewis Carroll
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Illustrated by John Tenniel
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:336 | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129 |
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ISBN/Barcode |
9780140383515
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Classifications | Dewey:823.8 |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Penguin Random House Children's UK
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Imprint |
Puffin
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Publication Date |
30 October 1997 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Alice's adventures begin when she follows White Rabbit down a rabbit-hole and falls down, down, down. Alice is an ordinary little girl who lives an ordinary sort of life, until the day she finds herself in the most wonderful world of mad tea parties and remarkable characters like the Mad Hatter, the Duchess, the Cheshire Cat and the Mock Turtle. As everything grows 'curiouser and curiouser', Alice is delighted to find that nothing in Wonderland is the least bit ordinary.
Author Biography
Lewis Carroll's real name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. He was born on 27th January 1832 at Daresbury in Cheshire. He studied at Christ Church, Oxford University and later became a mathematics lecturer there. He wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking Glass (1872) for the daughters of the Dean of Christ Church. He was very fond of puzzles and some readers have found mathematical jokes and codes hidden in his Alice books. His other works include Phantasmagoria and Other Poems (1869), The Hunting of the Snark (1876), Rhyme? And Reason? (1882), The Game of Logic (1887) and Sylvie and Bruno (1889, 1893). Dodgson was also an influential photographer. He died on 14th January 1898.
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