Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Decoded: The Full Text of Lewis Carroll's Novel with its Many Hidden Meanings Revealed
by Day, David
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0385682263
- ISBN 13
- 9780385682268
- Seller
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Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
From the front endpaper: "Day's commentary, woven around the complete text of the novel for ease of cross-reference on every page, uncovers the many layers of teaching, concealed by manipulation of language, that are carried so lightly in the form of a fairy tale. These layers relate directly to Carroll's interest in philosophy, history, mathematics, classics, poetry, spiritualism and even to his love of music. Many of the characters in the book were based on real-life contemporaries of Carroll's. Day identifies them all, and in doing so demonstrates that 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' is also a veritable Who's Who of Oxford at the height of its power and influence in the Victorian Age. Carroll's novel is a memory palace, given to Alice as the great gift of an education. It was delivered in coded form because, in that age, it was a gift no girl would be permitted to receive in any other way."
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Details
- Bookseller
- Stillman Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 898SB
- Title
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Decoded:
- Author
- Day, David
- Format/Binding
- Pictorial boards with a Red heart on front and a Black teapot on the back. Red spine with White lettering.
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0385682263
- ISBN 13
- 9780385682268
- Publisher
- Doubleday Canada
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, Ont.
- Date Published
- 2015
- Pages
- 296
- Size
- Tall 4 to.
- Keywords
- David Day expands and enlarges all our ideas about the Alice Story.
Terms of Sale
Stillman Books
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Stillman Books
About Stillman Books
children's and other illustrated books, along with aviation, sea and naval and other categories. I'm still plugging along after 42 years of book-selling.
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