SynopsisFirst published in 1865, these endearing tales of an imaginative child's dream world by Lewis Carroll, pen name for Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, are written with charming simplicity. While delighting children with a heroine who represents their own thoughts and feelings about growing up, the tale is appreciated by adults as a gentle satire on education, politics, literature, and Victorian life in general. All the delightful and bizarre inhabitants of Wonderland are here: the White Rabbit and the Cheshire Cat, the hooka-smoking Caterpillar and the Mad Hatter, the March Hare and the Ugly Duchess . . and, of course, Alice herself - growing alternately taller and smaller, attending demented tea parties and eccentric croquet games, observing everything with clarity and rational amazement., Since the publication of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass more than 125 years ago, these stories have remained two of the best-known and best-loved children's books ever written. Now readers can enjoy them as Lewis Carroll intended-with all of his changes and additions. And they can relish John Tenniel's unforgettable illustrations as he only imagined they could be-in full color. The two volumes are packaged together in a beautiful slipcase, which makes them perfect for a child ready to discover Alice's wonderous adventures for the first time-or for anyone who wants to experience them again and again.
LC Classification NumberPZ7.D684Th 1999