Lewis Carroll

A little girl falls down a rabbit hole and discovers a world of nonsensical and amusing characters.

Alicia en el País de las Maravillas es una exploración surrealista de la lógica, la imaginación y las complejidades del crecimiento personal. A través de las aventuras de Alicia en un mundo caótico y lleno de personajes excéntricos, Lewis Carroll invita al lector a cuestionar las normas sociales y la lógica cotidiana. La obra desafía las nociones convencionales de la realidad y la identidad, permitiendo que Alicia se enfrente a sus propias...

Há mais de 150 anos, a inocência e a curiosidade de uma pequena garota inglesa transformaram-se em um dos maiores clássicos da literatura infantojuvenil. Alice no País das Maravilhas conta a história de uma menina que, ao avistar um Coelho vestindo relógio e colete, sem hesitar, entra, às pressas, dentro do esconderijo do novo amigo. Ao cair na profunda toca, em seu trajeto pela terra das fantasias, Alice conhece o Chapeleiro Maluco, a Rainha...

Lewis Carroll's sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland finds Alice transported to a strange new world, trapped in a fantastical game of kings and queens Through the Looking-Glass finds Alice six months after her fateful fall down the rabbit hole. This time, the portal to another world takes the form of a large mirror mounted above the fireplace mantle. Curious as to what lies on the other side of the mirror's reflection, Alice leans into the glass...

Sylvie and Bruno, first published in 1889, and its second volume Sylvie and Bruno Concluded published in 1893, form the last novel by Lewis Carroll published during his lifetime. The novel has two main plots: one set in the real world at the time the book was published (the Victorian era), the other in the fantasy world of Fairyland. While the latter plot is a fairy tale with many nonsense elements and poems, similar to Carroll's Alice books, the...

Master of gibberish Lewis Carroll brings his inventive style of writing to life once more in the collection "Jabberwocky and Other Poems." Though most famous for his creation of Wonderland and Alice's fall into the uncanny world of the nonsensical, Carroll used his wordsmithing ability to form inventive rhymes and lexicons in this collection. Words like "bandersnatch," "chortled," "tulgey," and even "Jabberwocky" are inventions of Carroll's mind....

Alice im Wunderland gilt als eines der hervorragenden Werke aus dem Genre des literarischen Nonsens. Gemeinsam mit der 1871 erschienenen Fortsetzung Alice hinter den Spiegeln wird dieses Kinderbuch zu den Klassikern der Weltliteratur gezählt. So ist die Erzählung heute beispielsweise Bestandteil der ZEIT-Bibliothek der 100 Bücher. Die britische Zeitung The Guardian nahm 2009 sowohl Alice im Wunderland als auch Alice hinter den Spiegeln in die Liste...

Immerse yourself in a world of limitless imagination and boundless wonder with Lewis Carroll's classic tale, "Alice Through the Looking Glass." Follow the beloved character Alice as she travels through a strange and fantastical mirror-world, encountering a cast of curious characters and embarking on mind-bending adventures. The story, is a sequel to "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" takes us deeper into the rabbit hole and explores the theme of...

Experiencing a story read out loud is one of the oldest forms of entertainment there is. Fireside Reading is a way to slow down, reconnect with the timeless wisdom of great books and rediscover the simple pleasure of being read to. Join Gildart Jackson in

Alice debuted in Carroll's first draft of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Alice's Adventures Under Ground. Under Ground originated from stories told to the Liddell sisters during an afternoon on 4 July 1862 while rowing on the Isis with his friend Robinson Duckworth, and on subsequent rowing trips. At the request of ten-year-old Alice Liddell, Carroll wrote down the stories as Alice's Adventures Under Ground, which he completed in February 1864....