If you haven’t yet experienced the literary delight that is Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, this new beautiful edition is the place to start. He captures the surreal imagination of the story as only he can. 1920s illustrations of Alice depict her as a flapper! My favorite are from artist Salvador Dalí. In addition, there are over 100 remarkable illustrations. The notes add historical context and explain the political and social environments that influenced Carroll while he was writing Alice. Simply reading this book is fun enough, but the notes contained in the new annotated edition help define what mathematician Carroll had created in his fantasy world. It’s all action and emotion rolled into a fun story that expands the reader’s imagination while it entertains. After multiple readings of this classic adventure, I still find it fresh and rewarding. Queen Victoria and Oscar Wilde were both fans of the book. But did it ever leave?Īlice’s Adventures in Wonderland has been popular since its publication in 1865. “Go ask Alice, when she’s ten feet tall.” When Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane wailed those lyrics in 1967, she brought Lewis Carroll’s famed White Rabbit to the consciousness of the changing American society in the late 1960s. The Annotated Alice: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll edited by Martin Gardner expanded and updated by Mark Burstein: Original illustrations by John Tenniel. The Annotated Alice by Lewis Carroll By MPL Staff on 12:56 PM Trostel Collection of German Theater Scripts.

The annotated alice in wonderland