The Annotated Alice. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland And Through The Looking-Glass |
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Lewis Carroll
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Pages: 352 (Hardcover)
ISBN: 0140013873
Pub: Penguin Books
Pub date: 1970-01
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 98333
Reader Reviews:
Drink me ! (11/15 people found this helpful)
It's not so much a looking glass that is required here but a magnifying glass as it would help to read the tiny annotated text which accompanies the original story.
Either that or a small bottle marked "Drink Me" which when taken reduces the reader to a size in keeping with the small print.
Although the subject has been thoroughly and well researched explanations of "comfit" and "ferret" leave no doubt that this examination of an English treasure is probably aimed at the American market.
Can't be too definitive (4/15 people found this helpful)
Not knowing what you do not know it tells you everything. This book appears to be stand alone logic and fun on the surface. Some may even think it is a children's book. If so why all the courses and scholarly writings on the story?
Some things are self evident as being so short that you can touch your toes. Others may take some time as the reason hatters are mad is the process includes mercury so even if it was directed at a particular person or not hatters are mad. Still when was the last time you used a bathing machine? Knowing some of information can enhance the enjoyment of reading the story.
You get the original illustrations to boot. So when you are finished perusing this book it can be used as a coffee table conversation book.
A lovely twist to a great book (24/25 people found this helpful)
Everyone thinks they know about Alice in Wonderland - my own 'knowledge' comes from years of obsessive viewing of the superlative Disney feature as a child - but this terrific little book will prove you wrong. There are enough notes in here to keep even the most apathetic reader pacified; and the book is designed in such a way that the notes aid the reader, rather than becoming a constant pain. Presented alongside the text (reproduced with original Tenniel drawings of the characters) the notes are immediate and gripping, and whether you are studying this book or merely reading it for pleasure, i can thoroughly reccommend this edition. Well worth your money and your time.
Recommended (13/20 people found this helpful)
This is good stuff. The notes (printed alongside the main text) make Lewis Carroll's weirdy stories a whole lot more approachable for curious grown-up modern readers.
Not only the foreground material, but also a full background (3/5 people found this helpful)
Not only the Lewis Carroll work (with original Tenniel illustrations), but also an entertaining and erudite set of background notes to add to the enjoyment. Recommended for anyone who wishes to know more about things they'd never even have dreamed of (except, of course, in Wonderland or on the other side of the Looking Glass).
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