{"product_id":"the-selected-letters-of-lewis-carroll-anniversary-edition-9781137505460","title":"The Selected Letters of Lewis Carroll Anniversary","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Scotsman '...a magnificent collection of delightful and entertaining letters reflecting all that was embraced in that remarkable character...all his charm, inventive fun, wisdom, generosity, kindliness and inventive mind'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"...each [letter] is a miniature Wonderland...They reveal a truly delightful man...the combination of intense goodness and unselfishness with a magic, nonsense wit is unique\" The Scotsman\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"In the letters as in the 'Alice' stories Carroll drew from a bottomless well of humour and nonsense\" Sunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"A glass key back into that wonderland to which he never lost the passport\" Daily Mail\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"...a magnificent collection of delightful and entertaining letters reflecting all that was embraced in that remarkable character...all his charm, inventive fun, wisdom, generosity, kindliness and inventive mind\" Oxford Times\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"Carroll's letters to children are often just as good as the Alice books precisely because they stick the knife in; as you read them you sense that he was imagining and enjoying what the parents might be thinking. Playfulness is shadowed by danger and perversion, which is one reason you might want to play.\" London Review of Books\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface to the Second Edition Preface to the First Edition List of Illustrations Biographical Chronology The Dodgson Family Tree The Dodgson Family and Lewis Carroll's Youth Alice and Photography Home at Guildford and Holidays at the Seaside Curator of Senior Common Room, Christ Church Last Years Death Appendix: Eight or Nine Wise Words about Letter-Writing Index of Recipients","brand":"Palgrave Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407205933399,"sku":"9781137505460","price":42.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781137505460.jpg?v=1730498561","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-selected-letters-of-lewis-carroll-anniversary-edition-9781137505460","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}