The Annotated Alice, by Lewis Carroll with notes by Martin Gardner
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The Annotated Alice, by Lewis Carroll, with introduction and notes by Martin Gardner. 1960 hardcover. 352 pages, very nice condition.
The Annotated Alice incorporates the text of Lewis Carroll's major tales, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass (1871), as well as the original illustrations by John Tenniel. It has extensive annotations explaining the contemporary references (including the Victorian poems that Carroll parodies), mathematical concepts, word play, and Victorian traditions (such as the parlor game snap-dragons) featured in the two books. Martin Gardner’s explanatory text is invaluable to fans of these classis literary nonsense stories.