Quotable Alice (Quotable Books)

Barber, David [Editor]

ISBN 10: 0920151523 / ISBN 13: 9780920151525

Editore: Sound And Vision, 2001

Codice articolo 0920151523-3-32797552

Riassunto:

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.

Informazioni sull'autore:

David Barber is a journalist, author, composer and performer who lives and works in Toronto.

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Titolo: Quotable Alice (Quotable Books)
Casa editrice: Sound And Vision
Data di pubblicazione: 2001
Legatura: paperback
Condizione: Good