This is the first and only paperbound edition of Lewis Car. roll's two masterpieces, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Class, that contains the full text. together with all of the original Tenniel illustrations in their correct places. and that adds to this a full annotation running concurrently with the text for the easiest possible reference. Here, the result of many years of research by an expert, is a running commentary on all the jokes, games, puzzles, tricks, parodies, obscure references, and almost endless curiosities with which Carroll filled i!is writings. With this information a modern reader can appreciate this great and subtle book in a way that would be impossible otherwise. Many incidents— from the moves in the chess game in Through the Looking Glass to a learned answer to the riddle "why is a raven like a writing desk," to what was the original model of the Cheshire Cat, or a marvellous French version of the famous Jabberwocky poem—all are made the subject of a small but delightful and erudite essay that will delight the reader with new knowledge and understanding.
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