John Tenniel Books

A reissue, with a new box design and new jackets, to mark the 125th anniversary of Macmillan's publication of "Wonderland".

This carefully crafted ebook is formatted for your eReader with a detailed table of contents. It includes major works such as "Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland," "Through the Looking-Glass," "Sylvie and Bruno," and various stories and poems, alongside "The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll," a biography by his nephew, Stuart Dodgson Collingwood, published in 1898. This biography inadvertently shaped the perception of Carroll as a pedophile by omitting evidence of his unconventional relationships with women, particularly young girls. In the Victorian era, such affections were often viewed differently than today, with men who loved pre-pubescent girls seen as innocent. Collingwood emphasized this aspect of his uncle's character, contributing to the complex legacy of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, known as Lewis Carroll, who was an author, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon, and photographer. Stuart Dodgson Collingwood, an English clergyman and headmaster, wrote two books about his uncle, further exploring his life and works. The collection presents a comprehensive view of Carroll's literary contributions and the context surrounding his life.

Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) is a world-famous author, best known for his literary nonsense novels Alice in Wonderland and its sequel. He also wrote numerous poems and several other works which were popular during his time. Today he is considered one of the best authors in the world. This collection contains some of the best works ever published by Carroll: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking-Glass, which includes Jabberwocky and The Walrus and the Carpenter, The Hunting of the Snark, Rhyme? And Reason?, which includes Phantasmagoria and Other Poems, and Sylvie and Bruno.

HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, "and what is the use of a book," thought Alice, "without pictures or conversations?"' So begins the tale of Alice, who follows a curious White Rabbit down a hole and falls into Wonderland, a fantastical place where nothing is quite as it seems: animals talk, nonsensical characters confuse, Mad Hatters throw tea parties and the Queen plays croquet. Alice's attempts to find her way home become increasingly bizarre, infuriating and amazing in turn. A beloved classic, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland has continued to delight readers, young and old, for over 150 years.

After falling down a rabbit hole and stepping through a mirror, Alice experiences unusual adventures with a variety of nonsensical characters.

This 1872 sequel to Lewis Carroll's beloved Alice's Adventures in Wonderland finds the inquisitive heroine in a fantastic land where everything is reversed. Looking-glass land, a topsy-turvy world lurking just behind the mirror over Alice's mantel, is a fantastic realm of live chessmen, madcap kings and queens, strange mythological creatures, talking flowers and puddings, and rude insects. Brooks and hedges divide the lush greenery of looking-glass land into a chessboard, where Alice becomes a pawn in a bizarre game of chess involving Humpty Dumpty, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, the Lion and the Unicorn, the White Knight, and other nursery-rhyme figures. Promised a crown when she reaches the eighth square, Alice perseveres through a surreal landscape of amusing characters that pelt her with riddles and humorous semantic quibbles and regale her with memorable poetry, including the oft-quoted "Jabberwocky." This handsome, inexpensive edition, featuring the original John Tenniel illustrations, makes available to today's readers a classic of juvenile literature long cherished for its humor, whimsy, and incomparable fantasy.

On July 4, 1862, a young clergyman teaching Mathematics at Christ Church College in Oxford went on an outing with the three daughters of the Dean. The cheerful group enjoyed a boating trip late into the afternoon, filled with laughter, joy, songs, and stories. On that memorable day, in the sunny waters of the river, Alice was born. Alice, the heroine destined to become as legendary as Cinderella and Snow White, would be adored by generations and captivate millions of readers of all ages. The two books by Lewis Carroll that emerged are now classics. In the first, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," the young heroine gets lost in a captivating dream in a fairy-tale land; in the second, "Through the Looking-Glass," she experiences the strangest adventures in an inverted reality. Written with humor and tenderness, these works are clever, sensitive, and multi-layered, enriching the way we see and think about things. Today, the "spirit" of Alice is an integral part of European culture: it will forever continue to introduce the marvelous world of imagination and inspire future generations.

Neu übersetzt und mit zahlreichen Illustrationen präsentiert sich Alices Abenteuer im Land hinter den Spiegeln. Diese Ausgabe von Nadine Erler lässt die englischen Eigennamen unverändert, was den Charme der Erzählung unterstreicht. Die skurrilen Figuren und Wortspiele Carrols sorgen für Absurdität und Vergnügen. Ein Klassiker der Nonsensliteratur.

Nejznámnější dílo matematika, logika a učence Lewise Carrolla vypráví příběh zvídavé dívky Alenky, která se rozhodla pronásledovat neobyčejného králíka s hodinkami. Skokem do králičí nory se začne rozvíjet příběh plný podivuhodností a fantazijních zápletek, jimž není konce díky obyvatelům podzemní říše. Alenka se zde setká se šklebivou kočkou, dostane se do portrhlé Čajové společnosti, zahraje si krokem se srdcovým králem a královnou a prožije spoustu dalších neuvěřitelných dobrodružství.

Alenka v říši divů je dílo anglického matematika a logika Lewise Carrolla, který ji údajně napsal pro malou holčičku Alici Liddellovou. Dílu se dostalo vědecké interpretace a bylo označeno za mimořádné. Sama hlavní postava, neustále ohromená Alenka v bezděčných reakcích na imaginativní svět plný podivuhodných věcí a událostí, Carrollův um logicky svázat absurdum světa v celé šíři a líčená přirozenost i znalost dětského chování, zaručili dílu světové uznání a přerod v klasiku. Toto vydání obsahuje tzv. přívazek. Jsou to totiž dvě knihy v jedné vazbě (136 str. a 154 str.) a původně zřejmě měly vycházet zvlášť.