Put simply, this anniversary edition is the most comprehensive collection of Alice materials ever published in a single volume.Īlice's Adventures in Wonderland: 150th Anniversary Edition Illustrated by Salvador Dali is the first trade edition of a rare, deluxe work by the Spanish master, and features an introduction discussing Dali, surrealism, Carroll, and the mathematical bond between them. This volume brings together Martin Gardner's legendary original 1960 publication, The Annotated Alice his follow-ups, More Annotated Alice and the Definitive Edition and masterly additions and updates plus a treasure trove of fanciful illustrations by Ralph Steadman, Barry Moser, Beatrix Potter, and a host of other artists. The Annotated Alice: 150th Anniversary Deluxe Edition compiles over half a century of scholarship by leading Carrollian experts to reveal the history and full depth of the Alice books and their enigmatic creator. The tale, initially titled Alice's Adventures Under Ground, became Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, which Dodgson published in 1865 as Lewis Carroll. Dodgson often spun fairy tales on these boating trips to pass the time, and on this particular afternoon the story was particularly well received by Alice, who afterwards entreated him to write it down for her. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson took a rowboat out on the Thames with three young sisters: Lorina, Edith, and Alice.
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