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Find out moreWritten by Lewis Carroll
Illustrated by Sir John Tenniel
From her catwalk shows inspired by the Mad Hatter's Tea Party to her world famous twisted take on Britishness, Dame Vivienne Westwood has always seen the world through the looking glass. Now she has illustrated her favourite children's story by creating a unique front cover and end papers for this very special edition. Includes Through the Looking Glass and the original Tenniel illustrations.
It seems a wonder such a pairing has not come about sooner. This special anniversary edition of Lewis Carroll's tale fits in with the twisted take on Britishness that Dame Vivienne Westwood is famous for in a magical Wonderland setting.
'Only Lewis Carroll has shown us the world upside down the way a child sees it, and has made us laugh as children laugh' -- Virginia Woolf
'Precise, dream-like, subversive' -- Quentin Blake Independent on Sunday
'Without these two books in my childhood I doubt whether my imagination would have developed at all' -- Kate Atkinson
ISBN: | 9781784870171 |
Publication date: | 2nd April 2015 |
Author: | Lewis Carroll |
Illustrator: | Sir John Tenniel |
Publisher: | Vintage Classics an imprint of Vintage |
Format: | Hardback |
Suitable for: | 13+ readers, YA readers |
Genres: | Classic Fiction |
Other Categories: | Alice 150th |
Lewis Carroll was born Charles Lutwidge Dodgson on January 27, 1832, the eldest son and third of eleven children born to Frances Jane Lutwidge and the Reverend Charles Dodgson. Carroll had a happy childhood. His mother was patient and gentle, and his father, despite his religious duties, tutored all his children and raised them to be good people. Carroll frequently made up games and wrote stories and poems, some of which were similar to his later published works, for his seven sisters and three brothers. He was educated at Richmond School in Yorkshire, Rugby School and Christ Church, Oxford. Although his years ...
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