Lewis Carroll's two great Alice stories -- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland andThrough the Looking-Glass -- have entertained and amused both small children and grown adults alike for nearly a century and a half. Set in Victorian England, these wild, remarkable flights of fancy have had a lasting appeal to the world over and are surprisingly modern in their outlook. With Alice's adventures, which take her down a rabbit-hole to Wonderland or through a mirror into a fantastical game of chess, Carroll tells stories that are amusing and witty, but also surprisingly insightful and profound. Many of Carroll's phrases and expressions -- "Curiouser and curiouser," or "Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast" -- have entered the language of everyday use.
In Quotable Alice, David W. Barber, whose books include Bach, Beethoven and the Boys andBetter Than It Sounds: A Dictionary of Humorous Musical Quotations, brings together the best and most memorable of Carroll's pithy expressions from the Alice books. With the text is a selection of the famous illustrations John Tenniel created for the original editions.
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David Barber is a journalist, author, composer and performer who lives and works in Toronto.
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Paperback. Zustand: As New condition. Tenniel, John; cover art by Kevin Reeves (illustrator). First Printing of the First Edition. Toronto, Canada: Quotable Books / Sound and Vision, 2001. 5.5" wide by 8.5" tall. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No remainder marks. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Bright, shiny, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Flat spine. No creases. Fresh and crisp, apparently never read. "First Edition, August 2001" is so stated, with complete number row (1 through 15) on the copyright page. From the rear cover: "Lewis Carroll's two great Alice stories -- [ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN] WONDERLAND and its sequel THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS. set in Victorian England, these wild, remarkable flights of fancy have a lasting appeal the world over and are, in many ways, surprisingly modern in their outlook. Many of their phrases and expressions -- 'Curiouser and curiouser,' or 'Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast' -- have entered the language of everyday use. IN QUOTABLE ALICE. David W. Barber. brings together the best and most memorable of Carroll's pithy expressions from the Alice books, complete with an index for easy reference. The text is wonderfully complemented with a selection of the famous illustrations John Tenniel created for the original editions.". First Printing of the First Edition. Soft Cover. As New condition. Illus. by Tenniel, John; cover art by Kevin Reeves. [vii], 118pp. . Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 003405
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