Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll, a pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, was born on 27 January, 1832. He was educated at Richmond School in Yorkshire, Rugby School and Christ Church, Oxford. From 1855 to 1881 Lewis Carroll was a mathematical lecturer at Oxford, where he was a somewhat eccentric and withdrawn character. He loved being with children and wrote many nonsense poems and books to entertain them. He died of bronchitis in his sister's home in Guildford on 14 July, 1898. Lewis Carroll's most famous works are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (published in 1865) and the sequel Alice Through the Looking-Glass, which contained the nonsense poem classic The Jabberwocky (published in 1872). He wrote these tales to entertain Alice Liddell, daughter of the Dean of Christ Church.

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Featured Books, with extracts by Lewis Carroll

The Nursery Alice (illustrated by Sir John Tenniel)
Lewis Carroll
The first colour illustrations for Lewis Carroll’s classic story are stunningly reproduced in this edition. The Nursery Alice was adapted by Lewis Carroll himself to make a shorter and simpler version than the original for much younger readers. To the...
Format: Hardback - Released: 05/02/2010
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Illustrated by Robert Ingpen)
Lewis Carroll
The classic story of how Alice falls down the rabbit hole and enters a strange topsy-turvy world in which nothing it quite what it seems to be is given a dreamy, soft focus in Robert Ingpen’s illustrations. What Alice finds...
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/09/2009
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Alice Through the Looking Glass - Illustrated Edition
Lewis Carroll
A favourite book chosen by Philip Pullman, along with Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: "Indispensable. The great classic beginning of English children's literature". Stepping through the Looking Glass, Alice enters a second wonderful adventure. Here she meets the White Queen and the...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/06/2009
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Alice's Adventures In Wonderland
Lewis Carroll
How Alice falls down the rabbit hole and the extraordinary world where nothing is quite as it at first seems, is a classic children’s book whose influence has been felt for over a century. This unabridged edition is beautifully produced...
Format: Hardback - Released: 05/03/2009
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Alice's Adventures In Wonderland - Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury
Lewis Carroll
Abundantly illustrated with warmth and humour by Helen Oxenbury, the memorable cast of characters are to be found in all their glory here in this edition, from Alice herself to the White Rabbit, the Mad Hatter and the Cheshire Cat. ...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/03/2009
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Alice In Wonderland (slipcase edition)
Lewis Carroll
The story is timeless and can be read at so many different levels, but this lavish slipcased edition is quite simply stunning and will bring to the reader a very different Wonderland - even more fantastical and a little darker...
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/10/2008
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Alice's Adventures In Wonderland (with an Introduction by Chris Riddell)
Lewis Carroll
A book that’s chock full of great conversations between Alice and some extraordinary animals, ranging from the pipe-smoking caterpillar and the Mad Hatter, to the March Hare and the sneezing Duchess.  For Chris Riddell, who has written the Introduction...
Format: Paperback - Released: 28/02/2008
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Alice's Adventures In Wonderland
Lewis Carroll
A favourite chosen by Philip Pullman: "Indispensable. The great classic beginning of English children's literature." For over one hundred years Carroll’s classic story of logic and lunacy has delighted young and old alike and many illustrators have turned their hand to...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/08/2005
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (illustrated by Helen Oxenbury)
Lewis Carroll
Full of the most wondrous wit and humour, wonderful magic and believable nonsense, this particular edition has the most stunning illustrations that complement the imaginative story that’s anything but dull.  The story is timeless and can be read at so many different levels.  It’s...
Format: Paperback - Released: 08/05/2001
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Alice In Wonderland
Lewis Carroll
Full of the most wondrous wit and humour, wonderful magic and believable nonsense, this particular edition has the most stunning illustrations that complement the imaginative story that’s anything but dull.  The story is timeless and can be read at so...
Format: Hardback - Released: 04/10/1999
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