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An accomplished mathematician and photographer, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832–98), writing under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll, transformed children's literature with this world-famous classic. First published in 1865, this tale of the topsy-turvy was originally created to entertain the young Alice Liddell and her sisters during a picnic in the summer of 1862. The humour with which Dodgson enlivened his mathematical works is exploited to the full here: many of the now-familiar nonsense songs and poems in the story are parodies of contemporary works, and there are a number of allusions to mathematical concepts in the text. The illustrations by Punch cartoonist Sir John Tenniel (1820–1914) depict the cast of much-loved characters - including the White Rabbit, the Cheshire Cat and the Mad Hatter - with a brilliance which perfectly enhances Dodgson's gently satirical fantasy. In its universal appeal, the story remains unsurpassed.

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Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

• Full title: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
• Author: Lewis CarrollJohn Tenniel
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 210
• EAN: 9781108059589
• ISBN: 1108059589
• ID: 02059171
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 298 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 142 × 14 mm
• Date of publishing: 03. January 2013

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