“Only Lewis Carroll has shown us the world upside down as a child sees it, and has made us laugh as children laugh.” Virginia Woolf
Description
Lewis Carroll’s classic Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, a young girl’s adventure down a magical rabbit hole
On a dull afternoon, Alice spots a chance for adventure when a White Rabbit wearing a coat and pocket watch dashes by her, complaining about the time. After chasing the White Rabbit down into his rabbit hole, Alice encounters an entertaining series of eccentric characters including, the Mad Hatter, the Cheshire Cat, Humpty-Dumpty, and the Queen of Hearts. Join Alice as she changes sizes quite indiscriminately, has a madcap tea with an outrageous menagerie and plays croquet with truly cranky royalty.
Praise
“Only Lewis Carroll has shown us the world upside down as a child sees it, and has made us laugh as children laugh.” Virginia Woolf
“Pure pleasure in prose.” Amazon.com, editorial review
“At once a biting social and political satire sufficiently complex to satisfy the most sophisticated adult and a delightfully whimsical fairy tale to capture the fancy of the imaginative child.” Masterpieces of World Literature
Details
| Language | English |
|---|---|
| Release Day | Dec 31, 2002 |
| Release Date | January 1, 2003 |
| Release Date Machine | 1041379200 |
| Imprint | Alcazar AudioWorks |
| Provider | Alcazar AudioWorks |
| Categories | Children's Books, Action & Adventure, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Children 8-12 |
Author Bio
Lewis Carroll was the pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832–1898), English author, mathematician, and photographer. One of eleven children of a scholarly country parson, he studied mathematics at Oxford, obtained a university post, and then was ordained as a deacon but found true success with his masterpiece, Alice’s Adventures Under Ground, now known as Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, which originated as a story told to a young friend, Alice Liddell, during a boating trip on the Thames. Among his other works are Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, The Hunting of the Snark, and Jabberwocky.
Narrator Bio
David Thorn spent his childhood in the Channel Islands off the coast of France, was schooled in England, and then immigrated to the United States at the age of twenty-three. He is retired from international commerce and currently resides in California.
Overview
Lewis Carroll’s classic Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, a young girl’s adventure down a magical rabbit hole
On a dull afternoon, Alice spots a chance for adventure when a White Rabbit wearing a coat and pocket watch dashes by her, complaining about the time. After chasing the White Rabbit down into his rabbit hole, Alice encounters an entertaining series of eccentric characters including, the Mad Hatter, the Cheshire Cat, Humpty-Dumpty, and the Queen of Hearts. Join Alice as she changes sizes quite indiscriminately, has a madcap tea with an outrageous menagerie and plays croquet with truly cranky royalty.
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