The Annotated Alice

About this book

This is the first and only paperbound edition of Lewis Carrolls two masterpieces Alices Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass that contains the full text together with all of the original Tenniel illustrations in their correct places and that adds to this a full annotation running concurrently with the text for the easiest possible reference. Here the result of many years of research by an expert is a running commentary on all the jokes games puzzles tricks parodies obscure references and almost endless curiosities with which Carroll filled his writings. With this information a modern reader can appreciate this great and subtle book in a way that would be impossible otherwise. Many incidents from the moves in the chess game in Through the Looking Glass to a learned answer to the riddle why is a raven like a writing desk to what was the original model of the Cheshire Cat or a marvelous French version of the famous Jabberwocky poem-all are made the subject of a small but delightful and erudite essay that will delight the reader with new knowledge and understanding.