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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass

By Lewis Carroll

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| Mass Market Paperback | 9780451527745

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Book Description

The Mad Hatter, the Ugly Duchess, the Mock Turtle, the Queen of Hearts, the Cheshire Cat-characters each more eccentric than the last, and that could only have come from Lewis Carroll, the master of sublime nonsense. In these two brilliant burlesques he created two of the most famous and fantastic nContinue

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A book that made my childhood. To read first in English and then in translation: some translators are wonderful acrobats and this book is a challenge for every translator. But you can come out alive.

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Carolina Ramos said on Oct 13, 2007 about the Paperback edition | 1 feedback

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There's some unexpected wisdom in the madness, too.

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Arkadievna said on Feb 22, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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Said the Cat: "We're all mad here. I'm mad.You're mad."
"How do you know I'm mad ?" said Alice.
"You must be or you wouldn't have come here"
...per l'appunto.

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Pollapollina said on Jul 5, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

Splendida edizione da collezione, piccolina, in lingua originale, con i bordi delle pagine color oro e le illustrazioni a colori!!

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Blanche Neige said on Jan 15, 2012 about the Others edition | Add your feedback

A wonderful book that I have missed in my childhood.

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aub said on Nov 15, 2011 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

Thus grew the tale of Wonderland:
Thus slowly, one by one,
Its quaint events were hammered out--
And now the tale is done,
And home we steer, a merry crew,
Beneath the setting sun.
Alice! a childish story take,
And with a gentle hand
Lay it where Childhood's dreams are twined
In Memory's mystic ban ... (continue)

Thus grew the tale of Wonderland:
Thus slowly, one by one,
Its quaint events were hammered out--
And now the tale is done,
And home we steer, a merry crew,
Beneath the setting sun.
Alice! a childish story take,
And with a gentle hand
Lay it where Childhood's dreams are twined
In Memory's mystic band,
Like pilgrim's withered wreath of flowers
Plucked in a far-off land.

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Francy! said on Aug 22, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback