Select Works of Lewis Carroll (2 vols.)

by Lewis Carroll

Publishers:

Lee and Shepard; Macmillan and Co.; Macmillan Co.

, 1869–1897

Overview

Explore the peculiar world of Lewis Carroll with this collection of his fantastical stories and poetry. In a world increasingly dominated by reason, Lewis Carroll—himself a mathematician from an intensely conservative family—became famous for writing nonsense. Released in 1866, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland met with immediate commercial success, and was in the hands of everyone from Queen Victoria to Oscar Wilde. Ever since, readers have been unceasingly captivated by Alice and her interactions with the White Rabbit, the Cheshire Cat, and the Queen of Hearts.

The Select Works of Lewis Carroll includes both Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and its sequel Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There. Carroll’s whimsical wit is unmatched in the English language, and will be appreciated by any student of literature and language.

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Key Features

• Includes all of Lewis Carroll’s stories and poems about Alice in Wonderland
• Presents classic works from literature’s most celebrated literary nonsense writer
• Provides classic illustrations from John Tenniel and Arthur Rackham

Product Details

• Title: Select Works of Lewis Carroll
• Author: Lewis Carroll
• Pages: 386
• Topic: Literature and the Arts
• Resource Type: Collected Works

About Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll (1832–1898) was an English writer, mathematician, photographer, and Anglican deacon. The son of a conservative Anglican churchman, he attended Richmond Grammar School and then Rugby School. He went on to Oxford University, where he obtained first-class honors in mathematics and remained a lecturer in mathematics for most of his life. He is best known for his works Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. Carroll remains one of the most celebrated authors in the literary nonsense genre.