Clara in Blunderland / with forty illustrations by S.R.

Lewis, Caroline

Published by London: William Heinemann, 1903

Condition: Very Good Hardcover

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Lewis, Caroline. Clara in Blunderland / with forty illustrations by S.R. Seventeenth thousand, tenth impression. London: William Heinemann, January 1903. Hardback, VG. Green cloth illustrated in red and black. Light bumping to corners and head/base of spine. Ownership label to front "S. Y. The Lady of Clennell" [a yacht]. Binding strong, with a forward lean. Tanning to free endpapers. Frontispiece b.w illustration protect by tanned tissue guard with a dog-ear. 150pp., b/w illustrations. Contents clean and bright. Clara in Blunderland is a novel by Caroline Lewis (a pseudonym for Edward Harold Begbie, J. Stafford Ransome, and Michael Henry Temple), written in 1902. It is a political parody of Lewis Carroll's two books, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass (1871). The book was followed a year later by a sequel, Lost in Blunderland. The book is critical of the British Government's engagement in the Second Boer War and its subsequent domestic and foreign policy choices. Prime Minister Arthur Balfour is represented by Clara, the equivalent of Alice, who "can get in a hole when no one else would have found it possible." A number of other prominent politicians are represented by other characters from the "Alice" books: the Red Queen is Joseph Chamberlain, the Duchess is Lord Salisbury, Crumpty-Bumpty is Henry Campbell-Bannerman, the Walrus is William Vernon Harcourt, the Dalmeny Cat is Lord Rosebery, and the Caterpillar is Winston Churchill. The book features 40 drawings by journalist J. Stafford Ransome (credited as "S.R.") after the originals by John Tenniel. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing. Seller Inventory # ABE-1717326446457

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Title: Clara in Blunderland / with forty ...

Publisher: London: William Heinemann

Publication Date: 1903

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

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