The Annotated Alice: The Definitive Edition: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Annotated Alice: The Definitive Edition: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
By (Author) Lewis Carroll
Illustrated by John Tenniel
Introduction by Martin Gardner
Penguin Books Ltd
Penguin Books Ltd
25th October 2001
25th October 2001
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900
823.8
Physical Properties
Paperback
368
Width 130mm, Height 197mm, Spine 16mm
258g
Description
'A landmark, bringing together a lifetime's work on Lewis Carroll by writer and mathematician Martin Gardner. He dazzles on Carroll's puzzles and games of logic and entertains on everything from Alice's influence on the Beat poet Jack Kerouac to howmercury in hat linings turned hatters mad...it is unsurpassed' - Jackie Wullschlager, Financial Times 'The indispensable guide to a classic of English literature...no one who has ever wondered about the meaning of 'Jabberwocky' should fail to include on their Christmas list' - Robert McCrum, Observer
Reviews
'A landmark, bringing together a lifetime's work on Lewis Carroll by writer and mathematician Martin Gardner. He dazzles on Carroll's puzzles and games of logic and entertains on everything from Alice's influence on the Beat poet Jack Kerouac to how mercury in hat linings turned hatters mad...it is unsurpassed' - Jackie Wullschlager, Financial Times 'The indispensable guide to a classic of English literature...no one who has ever wondered about the meaning of 'Jabberwocky' should fail to include on their Christmas list' - Robert McCrum, Observer
Author Bio
Martin Gardner is the undisputed king of Carroll scholarship. He is also the author of many books on mathematical puzzles in Penguin. Now 87-years old, he lives in Hendersonville, North Carolina.
