{"product_id":"alices-adventures-in-wonderland-and-through-the-looking-glass-paperback-4","title":"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLewis Carroll\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1862 Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, a shy Oxford mathematician with a stammer, created a story about a little girl tumbling down a rabbit hole. Thus began the immortal adventures of Alice, perhaps the most popular heroine in English literature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Countless scholars have tried to define the charm of the \u003ci\u003eAlice \u003c\/i\u003ebooks--with those wonderfully eccentric characters the Queen of Hearts, Tweedledum, and Tweedledee, the Cheshire Cat, Mock Turtle, the Mad Hatter \u003ci\u003eet al.--\u003c\/i\u003eby proclaiming that they really comprise a satire on language, a political allegory, a parody of Victorian children's literature, even a reflection of contemporary ecclesiastical history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Perhaps, as Dodgson might have said, \u003ci\u003eAlice \u003c\/i\u003eis no more than a dream, a fairy tale about the trials and tribulations of growing up--or down, or all turned round--as seen through the expert eyes of a child.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1862 Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, a shy Oxford mathematician with a stammer, created a story about a little girl tumbling down a rabbit hole. Thus began the immortal adventures of Alice, perhaps the most popular heroine in English literature. Countless scholars have tried to define the charm of the \"Alice books--with those wonderfully eccentric characters the Queen of Hearts, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, the Cheshire Cat, Mock Turtle, the Mad Hatter et al.--by proclaiming that they really comprise a satire on language, a political allegory, a parody of Victorian children's literature, even a reflection of contemporary ecclesiastical history. Perhaps, as Dodgson might have said, \"Alice is no more than a dream, a fairy tale about a trials and tribulations of growing up--or down, or all tumed round--as seen through the expert eyes of a child.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLewis Carroll, creator of the brilliantly witty \u003ci\u003eAlice's Adventures in Wonderland\u003c\/i\u003e, was a pseudonym for Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, a shy Oxford don with a stammer. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe was born at Daresbury, Cheshire on January 27, 1832, son of a vicar. As the eldest boy among eleven children, he learned early to amuse his siblings by writing and editing family magazines. He was educated at Christ Church College, Oxford, where he lectured in mathematics from1855 to 1881. In 1861 he was ordained as a deacon. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDodgson's entry into the world of fiction was accidental. It happened one \"golden afternoon\" as he escorted his colleague's three daughters on a trip up the river Isis. There he invented the story that might have been forgotten if not for the persistence of the youngest girl, Alice Liddell. Thanks to her, and to her encouraging friends, \u003ci\u003eAlice \u003c\/i\u003ewas published in 1865, with drawings by the political cartoonist, John Tenniel. After \u003ci\u003eAlice, \u003c\/i\u003eDodgson wrote \u003ci\u003ePhantasmagoria and Other Poems \u003c\/i\u003e(1869), \u003ci\u003eThrough the Looking-Glass \u003c\/i\u003e(1871), \u003ci\u003eThe Hunting of Shark \u003c\/i\u003e(1876, and \u003ci\u003eRhyme? and Reason? \u003c\/i\u003e(1883). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a mathematician Dodgson is best known for \u003ci\u003eEuclid and His Modern Rivals \u003c\/i\u003e(1879). He was also a superb children's photographer, who captured the delicate, sensuous beauty of such little girls as Alice Liddell and Ellen Terry, the future actress. W.H. Auden called him \"one of the best portrait photographer of the century.\" Dodgson was also an inventor; his projects included a game of arithmetic croquet, a substitute for glue, and an apparatus for making notes in the dark. Though he sought publication for his light verse, he never dreamed his true gift-telling stories to children-merited publication or lasting fame, and he avoided publicity scrupulously Charles Dodgson died in 1898 of influenza.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.62 x 6.9 x 4.24 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 1984\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass\/Alice's Adventures in Wonderland \u0026amp; Through the Loo\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Middle Grades, 4-8\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.8\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52077902168365,"sku":"9780553213454","price":10.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/alices-adventures-in-wonderland-and-through-the-looking-glass-paperback-1171960.webp?v=1780163833","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/alices-adventures-in-wonderland-and-through-the-looking-glass-paperback-4","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}