When the British mathematician, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, began to tell his rambling dream story to a little girl he had no way of calculating its immense influence on generations of Engligh-speaking people of all ages. Alice in Wonderland and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass, issued under the pseudonyum of Lewis Carroll, became two great tresures in the world's folklore. They are read with an excited felling of discovery by each new generation and reread by older people with admiration and affection for two stories enriched by familiarity. In addition to the two classic tales, this volume contains Lewis Carroll's fanciful The Hunting of the Snark.
Language
English
Pages
351
Format
Hardcover
Release
January 01, 1865
Alice in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass / The Hunting of the Snark
When the British mathematician, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, began to tell his rambling dream story to a little girl he had no way of calculating its immense influence on generations of Engligh-speaking people of all ages. Alice in Wonderland and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass, issued under the pseudonyum of Lewis Carroll, became two great tresures in the world's folklore. They are read with an excited felling of discovery by each new generation and reread by older people with admiration and affection for two stories enriched by familiarity. In addition to the two classic tales, this volume contains Lewis Carroll's fanciful The Hunting of the Snark.