The definitive full-colour edition celebrating 150 years of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
The Complete Alice, including both Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, is the ultimate edition of Lewis Carroll's much-loved classic, from the original publisher, Macmillan. Packed full of amazing exclusive extra features from the Macmillan archive and a foreword by Philip Pullman, The Complete Alice also has a glorious die-cut cover with intricate embossed two foil detail, head and tail bands, red foiled edges and a ribbon marker - all making this a gift edition to treasure forever.
Lewis Carroll's Alice has been enchanting children for 150 years. Curious Alice, the bossy White Rabbit, the formidable Queen of Hearts and the Mad Hatter are among the best loved, most iconic literary creations of all time.
Macmillan was the original publisher of Alice in 1865 and is proud to remain true to the vision of its creators. This stunning anniversary treasury reproduces every word of Carroll's masterpiece and its equally famous sequel, Through the Looking-Glass. The dreamlike illustrations, colour versions of Sir John Tenniel's originals, were produced in 1911 by celebrated artist Harry Theaker, under the direction of Tenniel himself, and the series completed by contemporary watercolourist Diz Wallis.
Curiouser and curiouser! Lively and authoritative non-fiction content draws on Macmillan's rich historical archive to tell the real-life story of how Alice was written and published, making this a perfect gift for fans of Alice young and old.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Section - i: Foreword by Philip Pullman Unit - 1: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Chapter - 1: Down the Rabbit-Hole Chapter - 2: The Pool of Tears Chapter - 3: A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale Chapter - 4: The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill Chapter - 5: Advice from a Caterpillar Chapter - 6: Pig and Pepper Chapter - 7: A Mad Tea-Party Chapter - 8: The Queen's Croquet-Ground Chapter - 9: The Mock Turtle's Story Chapter - 10: The Lobster-Quadrille Chapter - 11: Who Stole the Tarts? Chapter - 12: Alice's Evidence Poem - ii: Christmas Greetings (From a Fairy to a Child), 1867 Misc - iii: To All Child-readers of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1871 Section - iv: Author's Preface to Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, 1897 Unit - 2: Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There Chapter - 1: Looking-Glass House Chapter - 2: The Garden of Live Flowers Chapter - 3: Looking-Glass Insects Chapter - 4: Tweedledum and Tweedledee Chapter - 5: Wool and Water Chapter - 6: Humpty Dumpty Chapter - 7: The Lion and the Unicorn Chapter - 8: "It's My Own Invention" Chapter - 9: Queen Alice Chapter - 10: Shaking Chapter - 11: Waking Chapter - 12: Which Dreamed It? Section - v: The Wasp in a Wig Section - vi: An Easter Greeting to Every Child Who Loves "Alice", 1876 Section - vii: The Story of Alice Section - viii: Publisher's Note
