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"Commemorating the 150th anniversary of one of the most beloved classics of children's literature, this illustrated edition presents Alice like you've never seen her before. In 1865, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, an Oxford mathematician and Anglican deacon, published a story about a little girl who tumbles down a rabbit hole. Thus was the world first introduced to Alice and her pseudonymous creator, Lewis Carroll. This beautiful new edition of Alice's...
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Alicia era la niña más curiosa de Inglaterra. Le gustaban las adivinanzas, los gatos, las historias divertidas y los libros con dibujos.
Pero los que no tenían dibujos, no.
Y, como si lo hubiera hecho aposta, aquella tarde, su hermana, que era mayor que ella y creía que sabía muchas más cosas que Alicia, había decidido leer un libro gigante que estaba tan lleno de palabras que las letras tenían que encoger la barriga para no caerse de la página.
Pero...
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This 1872 sequel to Lewis Carroll's beloved Alice's Adventures in Wonderland finds the inquisitive heroine in a fantastic land where everything is reversed. Looking-glass land, a topsy-turvy world lurking just behind the mirror over Alice's mantel, is a fantastic realm of live chessmen, madcap kings and queens, strange mythological creatures, a garden of talking flowers, and rude insects. Brooks and hedges divide the lush greenery of looking-glass...
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Sylvie and Bruno, first published in 1889, and its second volume Sylvie and Bruno Concluded published in 1893, form the last novel by Lewis Carroll published during his lifetime. The novel has two main plots: one set in the real world at the time the book was published (the Victorian era), the other in the fantasy world of Fairyland. While the latter plot is a fairy tale with many nonsense elements and poems, similar to Carroll's Alice books, the...
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Master of gibberish Lewis Carroll brings his inventive style of writing to life once more in the collection "Jabberwocky and Other Poems." Though most famous for his creation of Wonderland and Alice's fall into the uncanny world of the nonsensical, Carroll used his wordsmithing ability to form inventive rhymes and lexicons in this collection. Words like "bandersnatch," "chortled," "tulgey," and even "Jabberwocky" are inventions of Carroll's mind....
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Will you follow Alice down the rabbit hole? She shrinks, she grows and she gets into all sorts of mischief in Wonderland. After eating a peculiar cake Alice's adventures just begin. She meets many interesting characters along the way including the ever-late White Rabbit, the mellow Caterpillar, the grinning Cheshire Cat, and the Queen of Hearts. Will Alice make it out of Wonderland, head still intact?
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Many of the earliest children's books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Pook Press are working to republish these classic works in affordable, high quality editions, using the original text and artwork so these works can delight another generation of children.
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Alicia está tomando las lecciones del día en un jardín, junto a su hermana. El libro, aburridísimo, y sin imágenes, hace que desvíe la mirada. Es en este momento en que, de la nada, aparece un pequeño Conejo Blanco que, como muchas personas, parece que tiene mucha prisa. La curiosidad de Alicia es demasiada y decide perseguir al Conejo Blanco, sin imaginarse, todas las aventuras que le esperarían. Y, como dice la duquesa, "Aquí hay una moraleja…"...
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Alice debuted in Carroll's first draft of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Alice's Adventures Under Ground. Under Ground originated from stories told to the Liddell sisters during an afternoon on 4 July 1862 while rowing on the Isis with his friend Robinson Duckworth, and on subsequent rowing trips. At the request of ten-year-old Alice Liddell, Carroll wrote down the stories as Alice's Adventures Under Ground, which he completed in February 1864....
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Delve into this stunning gift edition boasting the complete collection of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Other Tales and original, iconic illustrations by John Tenniel. The next edition in the Knickerbocker Classic series, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Other Tales features the writings of Lewis Carroll, the master of puns, puzzles, and fantasy that have been delighting adults and children alike for over 150 years. This volume is comprised...
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The Illustrated Alice in Wonderland' forms part of our 'Pook Press' imprint, celebrating the golden age of illustration in children's literature.
'Alice in Wonderland' is the best known work of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832 – 1898), better known by his pen name, 'Lewis Carroll'. Telling the tale of a girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by surreal and anthropomorphic creatures, the book was a huge commercial...
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This omnibus edition contains eight of the most loved children's books of all time. Your child will treasure this magical book throughout their childhood. Included are 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz', 'Black Beauty', 'The Wind in the Willows', 'The Adventures of Pinocchio', 'The Story of Doctor Dolittle', 'The Song of Hiawatha', 'Heidi', and 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'. This book will keep children captivated for hours on end and provided them...
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This book contains the classic tale of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Here Lewis Carroll tells the story of a little girl who falls down a rabbit hole into a land of fantasy and dream-like nonsense. In this volume the famous story is decorated with Margaret W. Tarrant's wonderfully dainty and charming colour illustrations.
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This magnificent translation of Alice in Wonderland into French was supervised by Lewis Carroll himself. Remarkably fresh and original, it renders the English puns and parodies with French equivalents. A treat for students of French, it features no English text and all 42 of the original illustrations by John Tenniel.
17) Silvia y Bruno
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Desarrollada a partir de dos cuentos que aparecieron en "Aunts Judy Magazine" en 1867, "Silvia y Bruno" fue redactada tomando como base una colección de notas, canciones, poemas y fragmentos de diálogo recopilados por Lewis Carrol durante años. Las aventuras de estos dos niños, estructuradas en una composición extraordinaria que requiere la complicidad del lector, constituyen la digna continuación, dentro de otro ambiente, del mundo creado en...
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Alice, who ate the cake and fell down the rabbit-hole, and Dorothy Gale of Oz via Kansas, are presented together in this wonderful eBook featuring two of literature's classic journeying heroines. The similarities are inescapable: both experience strange and wonderful illusions (or are they?) and both are forced to make difficult decisions in the face of adversity. Travel with Alice to Wonderland and with Dorothy to Oz in these magical fun-filled adventure...
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Relato del inglés Lewis Carroll cuyo verdadero nombre era Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-1898) publicado en 1865. Fruto de los cuentos que el autor improvisaba para tres niñas, una de ellas Alice Liddell de siete años. Como en el mito de Peter Pan, se basa en el anhelo y el temor a crecer. Se desarrolla según el ritmo de las canciones infantiles y plasma las fantasías y las pesadillas de la infancia. Esta obra maestra del nonsense (disparate)...
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With satire, adventure, and imagination, Phantasmagoria and Other Poems explores subjects such as the supernatural, love, friendship, and nature. Featuring sixteen of Lewis Carroll's poems, Phantasmagoria and Other Poems has something to appeal to everyone. Among this collection is A Sea Dirge, in which the speaker, equipped with evocative figurative language, explains their contempt for the sea. In Echoes, a young girl discloses her encounter with...
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