The Complete Stories and Poems
by:
Lewis Carroll (author)
This commemorative oversized volume of the complete collection of stories and poems of Lewis Carol showcases his ingenious use of word play, inverted logic and satire. Lewis Carroll was the pen name and, it could be claimed, the alter ego of the Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, a mathematician,...
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This commemorative oversized volume of the complete collection of stories and poems of Lewis Carol showcases his ingenious use of word play, inverted logic and satire. Lewis Carroll was the pen name and, it could be claimed, the alter ego of the Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, a mathematician, writer and photographer. His creations, especially Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, have been translated into countless languages and are as loved now as they have ever been. His neologisms ("curiouser and curiouser") and turns of phrase have forever infiltrated and enriched our language and culture.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780517220771 (0517220776)
Publish date: September 3rd 2002
Publisher: Gramercy
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Childrens,
Classics,
Humor,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Anthologies,
Poetry,
Short Stories,
Fiction
(Original Review, 1994-08-10)I’ve always interpreted “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” as a (modern) Fairytale.In a way most of modern commercial movies are more like classical fairytales: very elemental stories set in a simplistic moral universe, with stereotypical characters. The movies may seem ...