Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (author) (UK edition)

Tea parties with huge talking hares. Games of croquet with the Queen of Hearts. It’s weird – and very wonderful. Who needs normal? One day, Alice tumbles down a rabbit hole into a truly topsy-turvy world. It’s a place of talking caterpillars, bizarre animals and playing cards that come alive. There’s even a potion that makes Alice grow as big as a giant. In Wonderland, nothing makes sense anymore. Except nonsense, of course…

Product Details

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780439291491

Date published

August 6th, 2015

Condition

New

UK edition

Author/Illustrator

Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll’s real name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson and he was born in 1832, in Cheshire. As a young boy Lewis was excellent at reading and at school he showed himself to be a bright pupil. His natural gift for numbers led him to study maths at the University of Oxford. He did very well there although later on he admitted that he often didn’t work hard enough. He suffered from a stammer but he was very good at mimicking people, telling stories and playing charades. After university, Lewis Carroll had a varied career. He continued living in his Oxford college teaching maths and writing books about mathematics, and he was ordained a church deacon, although he never became a priest. But he also pursued his love of writing stories and photography. As well as his Alice books he wrote many poems, articles and short stories and became a skilled photographer. He never married but he adored children and spent a lot of time with his young friends, playing with them and taking photographs.