Book SynopsisDelve 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 elegant edition in the Timeless Classics series, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Other Talesis unabridged and complete, and comprised of:
Both Alice books (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass)
The nonsense poems, including “The Hunting of the Snark” and “Jabberwocky”
The novels Sylvie and Bruno and Sylvie and Bruno Concluded
Carroll’s essays and other miscellaneous writings
Also included are the original, iconic illustrations by John Tenniel and an introduction by Lori Campbell. Lewis Carroll fans worldwide will fall in love with this stunning hardcover gift edition complete with gorgeous foil cover detail, decorative endpapers, and a ribbon marker. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Other Tales contains every piece ever written by this master of puns, puzzles, and fantasy that have been delighting adults and children alike for over 150 years. The Timeless Classics series from Rock Point brings together the works of classic authors from around the world. Complete and unabridged, these elegantly designed gift editions feature luxe, patterned endpapers, ribbon markers, and foil and deboss details on vibrantly colored cases. Celebrate these beloved works of literature as true standouts in your personal library collection.Table of ContentsContents chronological table xv introduction xix i. alice’s adventures in wonderland christmas-greetings i. down the rabbit-hole ii. the pool of tears iii. a caucus-race and a long tale iv. the rabbit sends in a little bill v. advice from a caterpillar vi. pig and pepper vii. a mad tea-party viii. the queen’s croquet ground ix. the mock turtle’s story x. the lobster-quadrille xi. who stole the tarts? xii. alice’s evidence ii. through the looking-glass preface to 1896 edition i. looking-glass house 101ii. the garden of live flowers iii. looking-glass insects iv. tweedledum and tweedledee v. wool and water vi. humpty dumpty vii. the lion and the unicorn viii. “it’s my own invention” ix. queen alice x. shaking xi. waking xii. which dreamed it? iii. sylvie and bruno preface i. less bread! more taxes! ii. l’amie inconnue iii. birthday-presents iv. a cunning conspiracy v. a beggar’s palace vi. the magic locket vii. the baron’s embassy viii. a ride on a lion xi. a jester and a bear x. the other professor xi. peter and paul xii. a musical gardener xiii. a visit to dogland xiv. fairy-sylvie xv. bruno’s revenge xvi. a changed crocodile xvii. the three badgers xviii. queer street, number forty xix. how to make a phlizz xx. light come, light go xxi. through the ivory door xxii. crossing the line xxiii. an outlandish watch xxiv. the frogs’ birthday-treat xxv. looking eastward iv. sylvie and bruno concluded preface i. bruno’s lessons ii. love’s curfew iii. streaks of dawn iv. the dog-king v. matilda jane vi. willie’s wife vii. mein herr viii. in a shady place ix. the farewell-party x. jabbering and jam xi. the man in the moon xii. fairy-music xiii. what tottles meant xiv. bruno’s picnic xv. the little foxes xvi. beyond these voices xvii. to the rescue! xviii. a newspaper-cutting xix. a fairy-duet xx. gammon and spinach xxi. the professor’s lecture xxii. the banquet xxiii. the pig-tale xxiv. the beggar’s return xxv. life out of death v. verse the hunting of the snark preface to the hunting of the snark fit the first the landing fit the second the bellman’s speech fit the third the baker’s tale fit the fourth the hunting fit the fifth the beaver’s lesson fit the sixth the barrister’s dream fit the seventh the banker’s fate fit the eighth the vanishing early verse my fairy punctuality melodies brother and sister facts rules and regulations horrors misunderstandings as it fell upon a day ye fattale cheyse lays of sorrow, no. 1 lays of sorrow, no. 2 the two brothers the lady of the ladle coronach she’s all my fancy painted him photography extraordinary lays of mystery, imagination, and humour, no. 1: the palace of humbug the mock turtle’s song upon the lonely moor miss jones puzzles from wonderland puzzles solutions prologues to plays prologue to “la guida di bragia” prologue prologue phantasmagoria canto i: the trystyng canto ii: hys fyve rules canto iii: scarmoges canto iv: hys nouryture canto v: byckerment canto vi: discomfyture canto vii: sad souvenaunce echoes a sea dirge ye carpette knyghte hiawatha’s photographing melancholetta a valentine the three voices theme with variations a game of fives poeta fit, non nascitur size and tears atalanta in camden-town the lang coortin’ four riddles fame’s penny-trumpet college rhymes and notes by an oxford chiel ode to damon those horrid hurdy-gurdies! my fancy the majesty of justice the elections to the hebdomadal council the deserted parks examination statute acrostics, inscriptions, and other verses acrostic: little maidens, when you look to three puzzled little girls, from the author double acrostic: i sing a place wherein agree three little maids puzzle three children two thieves two acrostics: round the wondrous globe maidens, if a maid you meet double acrostic: two little girls near london dwell acrostic: “are you deaf, father william?” acrostic: maidens! if you love the tale acrostic: love-lighted eyes, that will not start to m. a. b. acrostic: maiden, though thy heart may quail madrigal love among the roses two poems to rachel daniel the lyceum acrostic: around my lonely hearth tonight dreamland to my child-friend a riddle a limerick rhyme? and reason? a nursery darling maggie’s visit to oxford maggie b—— three sunsets and other poems three sunsets the path of roses the valley of the shadow of death solitude beatrice stolen waters the willow-tree only a woman’s hair the sailor’s wife after three days faces in the fire a lesson in latin puck lost and found vi. stories a tangled tale novelty and romancement a photographer’s day out wilhelm von schmitz the legend of scotland vii. a miscellany the offer of the clarendon trustees the new method of evaluation the dynamics of a parti-cle the new belfry of christ church, oxford the vision of the three t’s the blank cheque twelve months in a curatorship three years in a curatorship by one whom it has tried resident women-students some popular fallacies about vivisection lawn tennis tournaments eight or nine wise words about letter writing what the tortoise said to achilles the two clocks photography extraordinary hints for etiquette; or, dining out made easy a hemispherical problem a selection from symbolic logic rules for court circular croquet castles mischmasch doublets a postal problem the alphabet-cipher introduction to “the lost plum cake” endnotes index of first lines of verse the life and times of lewis carroll further reading
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