Monday 30 July 2012
Wednesday 4 July 2012
Happy Birthday Alice
Exactly 150 years ago – one sunny afternoon on 4th
July 1862 – Charles Dodgson took Alice Liddell and her sisters on a boating
picnic up the River Thames from Folly Bridge in Oxford. To amuse the children
he told them a story about a little girl, sitting bored by a riverbank, who finds
herself tumbling down a rabbit hole into a topsy-turvy world called Wonderland.
The story so
delighted the 10-year-old Alice that she begged him to write it down. The
result was Alice’s Adventures
in Wonderland which was published in 1865 under the pen name Lewis
Carroll and became one of the best-loved children’s books ever written.
Synonymous with the story are Sir
John Tenniel's characterful illustrations which capture so successfully the delightful absurdities in Carroll's text. Birthday or Unbirthday, these original wood engravings make the perfect gift.
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