Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
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"And what is the use of a book," thought Alice, "without pictures or conversations?" Taking to heart his charming, insatiably curious heroine's words, Lewis Carroll worked many long hours (days, months...) with illustrator Sir John Tenniel to create the most perfect pictures imaginable for what were to become instant classics: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. When thinking about Alice and her dreamy surrealistic adventures down the rabbit hole and behind the looking-glass, who can help picturing the golden-haired girl in her lilac dress and striped stockings, gazing up at the Cheshire Cat or arguing with Tweedledum and Tweedledee? Tenniel's drawings remained black and white for over 40 years until 1911, when eight prints in each book were hand colored. Now, for the first time, every remaining illustration has been colored, making these the first editions to feature all of the original art in full color. Traditionalists need not worry: colorist Diz Wallis colored proofs taken from Tenniel's carefully preserved woodblocks, remaining faithful to his original drawings. The beautiful tones of these new hardcover editions look as natural as can be; they could just as easily be from the 19th century. (Ages 9 and older) --Emilie Coulter
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Journey to Wonderland and through the Looking Glass with Alice. Meet the unforgettable characters of these two magical books, collected in one volume: the White Rabbit, the Mad Hatter, the Cheshire Cat, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, and many others. Nothing is ordinary in the surprising worlds Alice finds herself in! Lewis Carroll's (1832-1898) popular books about Alice marked a turning point in children's literature--for the first time, children's stories were primarily for fun, rather than for instruction or moralizing.
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Item number (ASIN): 0553211730
Author: Lewis Carroll
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.8
ISBN: 0553211730
Manufacturer: Bantam Classics
Number Of Items: 1
Package Dimensions: 60 x 420 x 660 (hundredths-inches)
Publication Date: May 1, 1984
Publisher: Bantam Classics
Release Date: May 1, 1984
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
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- Kindle Edition Not As DescribedThe Kindle combined edition of Alice['s Adventures] in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass described here [ http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0011U42V6/ref=yml_dp ] has neither the Tenniel illustrations nor the annotations mentioned in the description. As you can get the books for your Kindle for free, it's not worth getting the combo - even for 99 cents - without these features. That seems rather the point of purchasing it. (It was for me, anyway.)
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- A true original masterpiece of a fictional bizarre upside down world that still endures for generations of people reading it!Alices' adventures in wonderland and through the looking glass written by Lewis Carroll and is illustrated by John Tenniel is a story that has lived on and is enjoyed by both young and old. The original book was an immediate classic success for people young and old to read.Carroll's sense of absurdity in his humour and his amazing gift for games of logic and language have made this book an enduring dream legacy of what is possible to happen in a persons mind. This is a story about Alice and growing up and what is lost for her in doing so. Alice dreams of a world where she doesn't belong to and where what is true in her real life isn't necessarily true anymore. The story begins when Alice follows the frantically delayed white rabbit down a black hole into the magical world of wonderland, where she meets a variety of some bizarre creatures some mythical creatures and some downright illogically wrong creatures. There is no linear path to life in wonderland where one event will lead seamlessly to another adding meaningful experience upon experience, instead life for her is made up of series of oftentimes unrelated events, by conversations you never fully understand while others you can't reason with at all in a completely upside down unpredictable world,that is always ever changing. Carroll's way with words has stood the test of time. His use of characters such as the mad hatter and the jabberwocky all have added to the simplistic colorful nature of his story in its a true grandeaur of a masterpiece that will live on for generations to come for readers reading it. Characters that keep you wondering for days on what they exactly are ? Do they belong in our world truly or are they a instead a collection of mixed creatures that are taken from mythological creatures of times a gone by who knows? If you haven't read this book yet then pick it up and read it no matter how young or old you are in age.
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- Where is the Looking Glass?I purchased this book because I was specifically lo0king for the sequel, Through the Looking-Glass. I already have "Alice", and for free. This edition claims Looking Glass in its title, but only includes Alice. Do not be fooled. Get Alice for free and skip this misleading version.
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- "We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad."I loved the two books contained in this volume. I thought they were so imaginitive, whimsical, and fun I couldn't help but love them. Lewis Carroll was clearly a storytelling genius, and it was amazing to follow Alice on her many random and interesting adventures.
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- EBook isn't formatted wellOf course the story is fun but I don't like the way the ebook is formatted and there's no Table of Contents.
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