Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Books of Wonder)
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Hardcover edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The illustrations by John Tenniel are of exceptional quality, as they are reproduced from prints taken directly from the original woodblocks. This makes the line work and shadows come out much better.
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Source of legend and lyric, reference and conjecture, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is for most children pure pleasure in prose. While adults try to decipher Lewis Carroll's putative use of complex mathematical codes in the text, or debate his alleged use of opium, young readers simply dive with Alice through the rabbit hole, pursuing "The dream-child moving through a land / Of wonders wild and new." There they encounter the White Rabbit, the Queen of Hearts, the Mock Turtle, and the Mad Hatter, among a multitude of other characters--extinct, fantastical, and commonplace creatures. Alice journeys through this Wonderland, trying to fathom the meaning of her strange experiences. But they turn out to be "curiouser and curiouser," seemingly without moral or sense. For more than 130 years, children have reveled in the delightfully non-moralistic, non-educational virtues of this classic. In fact, at every turn, Alice's new companions scoff at her traditional education. The Mock Turtle, for example, remarks that he took the "regular course" in school: Reeling, Writhing, and branches of Arithmetic-Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision. Carroll believed John Tenniel's illustrations were as important as his text. Naturally, Carroll's instincts were good; the masterful drawings are inextricably tied to the well-loved story. (All ages) --Emilie Coulter
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"What is the use of a book," thought Alice, "without pictures?"For over 125 years John Tenniel's superb illustrations for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland have been the perfect complement to Lewis Carroll's timeless story. In that time Alice has been illustrated by numerous artists, but not one has come close to matching the universal appeal of the original pictures.This is the first Alice to reproduce Ternniel's exquisite drawings from prints taken directly from the original wood engravings. Here, Tenniel's fine line work is far crisper, delicate shadings are reproduced with more subtlety, and details never seen before are now visible.Like most nineteenth-century children's books, the pictures for Alice were created by transferring the artist's drawings to woodblocks, But with Alice, the original blocks served as masters from which metal plates were made for printing. Unfortunately, these plates deteriorated from the repeated pressure applied during printing, and over time, many of the fine lines in Tenniel's pictures simply vanished altogether.As the year-, passed, the original woodblocks disappeared and were believed lost; then, in 1985 they were discovered in a London bank vault.Now, for the first time, prints from these woodblocks have been used to produce a deluxe gift edition with clearer, more detailed images than have ever been seen before. At last, readers can see the Alice that Carroll and Tenniel had originally envisioned.
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- ISBN13: 9780688110871
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product details:
Item number (ASIN): 0688110878
Author: Lewis Carroll
Creator: John Tenniel, Paul O. Zelinsky
Edition: 1st.Edition
ISBN: 0688110878
Manufacturer: HarperCollins
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 208
Package Dimensions: 63 x 559 x 835 (hundredths-inches)
Publication Date: May 19, 1992
Publisher: HarperCollins
Reading Level: Young Adult
Release Date: May 19, 1992
Binding: Hardcover
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- I was very disappointed. No illustrations.I was under the impression that this would include the original illustrations. . but unless there's a magic way to see them, there are none. There are 16 pages of blanks but not one illustration. I fell ripped off.
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- Beautiful BookThis is a beautiful book and in great shape! My daughter loves this story.
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- Fabulous Edition - RevealingI am very glad I was assigned this book for my Children's Literature class - I love discovering new things about classic stories and their authors. This edition shed new light on Lewis Carroll and his story telling. I thoroughly enjoyed it, more now that I am an adult than ever before.
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- A great combination...Ralph Steadman's illustrations seem to be taken directly from Lewis Carroll's ingenious mind. Great combo! The only thing is... the book itself is too big if you're looking for an edition you can carry around in your bag. But if you're looking for something to sit quietly in your collection, it's beyond perfect.
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- trippy alicei love ralph steadman. his pictorial spin with the classic tale adds a new dimension to the story. this is not your disney princess story book.
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