ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND

Product DescriptionDescribed by The Times on its first publication in 1865 as an excellent piece of nonsense Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland has gone on to become one of the most popular books ever written loved by children and adults alike and translated into over 125 languages.  In Tove Jansson Carroll's classic finds an illustrator worthy of its enchantment and surreal beauty. Jansson is renowned worldwide for her hugely successful books about the inhabitants of Moomin Valley. What is less well known is that in 1966 she devoted her unique gifts to illustrating Alice's extraordinary adventures. Over forty years after her interpretation of Lewis Carroll's masterpiece was first enjoyed by Scandinavian readers Tove Jansson's beautifully realised edition of the original text of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is finally made available to an English speaking audience.ReviewAlice as you've rarely seen her... fun for all ages... full of the wit and wisdom Carroll originally gave us. --Betsy DaleyWaterbury Republican-American (12/07/2003)About the AuthorA Calla Edition originally published by Thomas Nelson and Sons London 1901. Lewis Carroll (1832 98) was the pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson a Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking Glass are rich repositories of his sparkling gifts for wordplay logic and fantasy. New Zealand born Harry Rountree (1878 1950) arrived in London at the turn of the 20th century to conduct a highly successful career as an illustrator of books and magazines.