John Tenniel Books

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

Here are the nonsense classics and the unforgettable characters created by that witty, enigmatic mathematiCian who wrote under the name of Lewis Carroll. As well as Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking- Glass and TheHunting ofthe Snark, this volume also contains a treasure-house of stories, poems, games and puzzles, many of which were originally devised for children and are still irresistible to adults. --back cover

Classic / British English One hot summer day, Alice sees a white rabbit and runs after it. She follows it down a rabbit-hole -- and arrives in 'Wonderland'. Here, caterpillars can talk and rabbits have watches. And the Queen wants to cut off everybody's head!

'Contrariwise ... if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic.' 'I had sent my heroine straight down a rabbit-hole ... without the least idea what was to happen afterwards,' wrote Lewis Carroll, describing how Alice was conjured up one 'golden afternoon' in 1862 to entertain his child-friend Alice Liddell. His dream worlds of nonsensical Wonderland and the back-to-front Looking-Glass kingdom depict order turned upside-down: a baby turns into a pig, time is abandoned at a disordered tea-party and a chaotic game of chess makes a seven-year-old girl a Queen. But amongst the anarchic humour and sparkling word play, puzzles and riddles, are poignant moments of nostalgia for lost childhood. Original and experimental, the Alice books give readers a window on both child and adult worlds. This is the most comprehensively annotated edition available and includes the manuscript version of Alice's Adventures Under Ground and Carroll's 1887 essay '"Alice" on the Stage'. --back cover

In Carroll's sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Alice once again finds herself in a bizarre and nonsensical place when she passes through a mirror and enters a looking-glass world where nothing is quite as it seems. From her guest appearance as a pawn in a chess match to her meeting with Humpty Dumpty, "Through the Looking Glass" follows Alice on her curious adventure.

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.

Kniha anglického profesora matematiky C. L. Dodgsona o holčičce, která králičí dírou sklouzla do podzemního pohádkového kraje a o dalších dobrodružstvích děvčátka v obráceném světě za zrcadlem.

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.