carroll, lewis

This book contains Lewis Carroll's two enduring classics complete with a running commentary that explains the jokes, games, puzzles, tricks, parodies, obscure references and endless curiosities of the texts.

"The murderous battle royale to determine the heir to the family estate leaves only Stella, elder sister Miser, and youngest brother Melm standing. Adamant about ending the bloodshed, Stella refuses to fight, instead seeking a way out for her family. But ever cold and calculating mother Olga has different plans, and fighting each other may be the siblings' only chance at survival"--Publisher marketing.

Explores Lewis Carroll's love of life and his creative use of words and phrases.

The Kuonji clan, owner of one of the world's top conglomerates, has a tradition: Once a month, family members attend a "Mad Tea Party." But at the latest gathering, the nine Kuonji siblings in attendance are shocked to hear a pronouncement issue from the lips of their mother, Olga- "I'd like you children to now fight one another to the death!" As chaos erupts, Stella, the fourth daughter, loses all reason, and suddenly a whole new Stella, complete with blonde hair and blue dress, comes out to play!.

Looks at the life of the nineteenth-century British mathematician, teacher, photographer, and author, Lewis Carroll.

Lewis Carroll's fanciful tale of Alice, her trip down the rabbit hole and through the looking glass, and all of the rest of her adventures in Wonderland. The real-life Alice Liddell was Carroll's neighbor and he made up these tales to amuse her.

Briefly explores the life and legacy of Lewis Carroll, whose given name was Charles Dodgson, and how he came to invent his famous story "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.".

Explores the inspiration behind Lewis Carroll's story "Alice in Wonderland," discussing how his love of photography influenced his visions of Wonderland and revealing the circumstances surrounding the photograph that shaped his vision of Alice.

Instead of the usual fairy tale, Abby finds herself in the middle of a book, Alice in Wonderland, with two of her friends, plus bossy Penny (who is definitely not a friend), and in order to get back to reality she must solve a curious riddle, find one of her friends who is missing, and somehow avoid getting her head cut off by the Red Queen--and figure out what she is going to tell the other girls if they ever get out of Wonderland.

Personal body guard Hatter Madigan relates the story of Alyss Heart's 13 year exile as he searches for this lost Princess of Wonderland after having lost track of her during a bloody coup in these "geo-graphic" novels that detail familiar places and characters from Earth history and those made famous in the Lewis Carroll tales of Alice's [Alice Pleasance Liddell] time in Wonderland.