Complete Works of Lewis Carroll

Carroll, Lewis

ISBN 10: 0394604857 / ISBN 13: 9780394604855

Published by Random House Childrens Books, Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A., 1979

About this Item

A complete compilation of the works of Lewis Carroll. Light wear to the DJ with a shallow chip at the topof the spine and two closed tears at the bottom. A very good or better copy.

Seller Inventory # 004114

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Complete Works of Lewis Carroll
• Publisher: Random House Childrens Books, Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1979
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0394604857
• ISBN 13: 9780394604855
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: John Tenniel
• Edition: First Thus
• Condition: Very Good - Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

Everything that Lewis Carroll ever published in book form appears in this volume. In addition, at least ten of the shorter pieces have never appeared in print except in their original editions. Included are: "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" "Through the Looking-Glass" "Sylvie and Bruno" "Sylvie and Bruno Concluded" "The Hunting of the Snark" & all of the poetry, essays, phantasmagoria along with a substantial collection of the miscellaneous writings.

About the Author

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, known by his pen name, Lewis Carroll, was a man of diverse interests - in mathematics, logic, photography, art, theater, religion, medicine, and science. He was happiest in the company of children for whom he created puzzles, clever games, and charming letters.

As all Carroll admirers know, his book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865), became an immediate success and has since been translated into more than eighty languages. The equally popular sequel Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, was published in 1872.

The Alice books are but one example of his wide ranging authorship. The Hunting of the Snark, a classic nonsense epic (1876) and Euclid and His Modern Rivals, a rare example of humorous work concerning mathematics, still entice and intrigue today's students. Sylvie and Bruno, published toward the end of his life contains startling ideas including an 1889 description of weightlessness.

The humor, sparkling wit and genius of this Victorian Englishman have lasted for more than a century. His books are among the most quoted works in the English language, and his influence (with that of his illustrator, Sir John Tenniel) can be seen everywhere, from the world of advertising to that of atomic physics.