The Hunting of the Snark

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Lenny's description:
Lewis Carroll's eight-canto nonsense poem, which describes the sea voyage of a bellman, boots (bootblack), bonnet maker, barrister, broker, billiard marker, banker, beaver, baker, and butcher, and their search for the elusive, undefined snark.

While scholars have attributed to the work hidden meanings from political subversion to existential agony, Carroll maintained that it was intended simply as nonsense

Seller's description:
This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1876 edition by Macmillan and Co., London.


Product details:

Item number (ASIN): 1402186231
Author: Lewis Carroll
ISBN: 1402186231
Manufacturer: Adamant Media Corporation
Number Of Pages: 87
Package Dimensions: 31 x 520 x 795 (hundredths-inches)
Publication Date: November 20, 2000
Publisher: Adamant Media Corporation
Release Date: November 20, 2000
Binding: Paperback

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Rating: - Great poem, poor presentation
The one-star rating is only for the appearance of this edition on the Kindle 2. It is the one available for free from amazon.com. The text is riddled with extraneous characters. None of the delightful drawings are included. One does get what one pays for.

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Rating: - Other Books
The Hunting of the Snark is a whacky piece of poetical silliness by Lewis Caroll. Complete nonsense, no-one knows what a Snark is, or why Snark hunters hunt it, or why anyone would want to become a Snark hunter to start with. Anyway, the poem is definitely amusing at times with some of the humour he slips in.

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Rating: - Carroll's Short and Sweet Chaucer Imitation
The Hunting of the Snark seems to be a very, very short imitation of The Canterbury Tales. The first chapter (titled a fit) introduces all of the occupations of all the different people going on a journey. However, instead of going on a general pilgrimage and telling tales along the way, their trip is very specific to hunting. The Baker actually attempts to tell a story, but the Bellman (who leads the group) says there's no time for storytelling. They have to catch the Snark before nightfall. Along with the Bellman and Baker, a Banker, a Bonnet-maker, a Butcher, a Boots, a Billiard-maker, a Barrister, a Broker, and a Beaver tag along to hunt for the Snark. The Beaver is afraid of getting cut by the Butcher, so he puts on a dagger-proof coat and talks to the Banker about buying an insurance policy. The Beaver is involved in a hilarious scene with the Butcher later, when the two attempt to compute sums. But perhaps the funniest scene of the entire book is in the Barrister's dream when the Snark declares sentence on a pig, only to find out the pig has been dead long before the trial even began. I'd highly recommend this short poem for Carroll fans, even though it's not big enough to contain but a small portion of what's to be found in the Alice books.

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Rating: - The best nonsense I've ever read
I have read a great deal of nonsense in the past, but this was by far the best nonsense that I have ever read. There is no point, no meaning, no sense, and no boringness. It is a delightful poem (which is well written and very fun to read aloud) about a crew on a ship hunting a snark. The crew includes a captain who only rings a bell, a beaver, a cook who only cooks beavers (the beaver and the cook did not get along well), a man afraid that the snark would turn into a boojum and make him disappear, etc. As you can tell, this makes for an insanely silly poem. The subtitle is rather fitting, as my sides were definitely hurting from laughter when I was done. Well done Mr. Carroll. Overall grade: A+

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Rating: - Agony? Hardly!
Nonsense poems can easily miss the mark Yet, this masterpiece has that spark. "How do you kill a _____?", you ask To find the answer was the hunters' task. "What was their fate?", you wonder Did they ever catch their elusive plunder? A paragon of haunting Carollian lore Be in no doubt that you'll finish wanting more. This poem is just great!

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