Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass
Lewis Carroll
- 300 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass
Lewis Carroll
About This Book
Delve into this stunning collectors edition boasting the complete and unabridged versions of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass.
Part of the Knickerbocker Classic series, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass is unabridged and complete, and comprised of both Alice books. Follow Alice on her fanciful journey down the rabbit hole and through the mirror where she meets friends and foes like the Mad Hatter, Cheshire Cat, the Jabberwock, and the Caterpillar!
For Lewis Carroll fans worldwide, complete and unabridged, this edition features a new introduction by Jennifer Garlen.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass contains every bit of fantasy that have been delighting adults and children alike for over 150 years. The Knickerbocker Classics bring together the essential works of classic authors from around the world in stunning editions to be collected and enjoyed.
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1832 | 27 January | Charles Lutwidge Dodgson is born to Frances Jane Lutwidge and Charles Dodgson, a Anglican parson, in Daresbury, Cheshire | ||
1837 | 20 June | King William IV dies at Windsor Castle and Princess Victoria of Kent is proclaimed queen | ||
1838 | 28 June | Victoria is coronated at Westminster Abbey | ||
1843 | | Rev. Dodgson is promoted to rector of the Croft-on-Tees parish in North Yorkshire | ||
1844 | August | āCharlieā Dodgson enters Richmond Grammar School | ||
1845 | November | Charlie returns home from Richmond | ||
1846 | January | Charles Lutwidge Dodgson enters Rugby School where Archibald Tait is headmaster | ||
1847 | 14 December | Emily BrontĆ«ās novel Wuthering Heights (under the pseudonym Ellis Bell) is published by Thomas Cautley Newby, London | ||
1849 | December | Dodgson completes his studies at Rugby | ||
1850 | 23 May | Dodgson matriculates at Christ Church College, Oxford, but is unable to take up residence due to undergraduate overcrowding | ||
| 13 November | Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson is born in Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
1851 | 24 January | Dodgson begins his studies at Christ Church College | ||
| 26 January | Frances Jane Dodgson dies in North Yorkshire | ||
| 1 February | Mary Shelley dies in London; the cause of death is reported to be a brain tumor | ||
| 1 May | The first international Great Exhibition opens at the purpose-built Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London | ||
1852 | | Dodgson takes more formal status and becomes a āstudentā at Christ Church College, entitling him to a small stipend he continues to collect until 1898 | ||
1853 | 23 October | The Crimean War, in which Great Britain and France fight Russia, begins with a declaration of war by the sultan of the Ottoman Empire against the tsar of Russia | ||
1854 | | Dodgsonās father is promoted to archdeacon of Richmond | ||
| | Dodgson graduates from Christ Church, Oxford, with First Class Honours in Mathematics, and Second Class in Classics | ||
1855 | February | Dodgson is appointed sub-librarian of Christ Church Library | ||
| 15 May | The Great Exhibition ... |