The Complete Alice: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There

Resumen del libro

The Complete Alice, including both Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, is the ultimate edition of Lewis Carroll's much-loved classic, from the original publisher, Macmillan. Packed full of amazing exclusive extra features from the Macmillan archive and a foreword by Philip Pullman, The Complete Alice also has a glorious die-cut cover with intricate embossed two foil detail, head and tail bands, red foiled edges and a ribbon marker - all making this a gift edition to treasure forever. Lewis Carroll's Alice has been enchanting children for 150 years.

Curious Alice, the bossy White Rabbit, the formidable Queen of Hearts and the Mad Hatter are among the best loved, most iconic literary creations of all time. Macmillan was the original publisher of Alice in 1865 and is proud to remain true to the vision of its creators. This stunning anniversary treasury reproduces every word of Carroll's masterpiece and its equally famous sequel, Through the Looking-Glass.

The dreamlike illustrations, colour versions of Sir John Tenniel's originals, were produced in 1911 by celebrated artist Harry Theaker, under the direction of Tenniel himself, and the series completed by contemporary watercolourist Diz Wallis. Curiouser and curiouser! Lively and authoritative non-fiction content draws on Macmillan's rich historical archive to tell the real-life story of how Alice was written and published, making this a perfect gift for fans of Alice young and old.

Biografía del autor

(Daresbury, 1832 - Guildford, 1898). Charles Lutwidge Dodgson era su verdadero nombre. A los 18 años ingresó en la Universidad de Oxford, en la que permaneció durante cerca de 50 años, y en la que obtuvo el grado de bachiller. Fue ordenado diácono de la Iglesia Anglicana y enseñó Matemáticas a tres generaciones de jóvenes estudiantes de Oxford y, lo que es más importante, escribió dos de las más deliciosas narraciones de la literatura universal: Alicia en el país de las maravillas y A través del espejo. Las Matemáticas fueron su pasión.