O Frabjous Day! Little Black Classic

Author(s): Lewis Carroll

Classic Fiction

'I cried, "Come, tell me how you live!" And thumped him on the head.' Conjuring wily walruses, dancing lobsters, a Jabberwock and a Bandersnatch, Carroll's fantastical verse gave new words to the English language.

General Information

  • : 9780241251935
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
  • : 0.053
  • : 31 January 2016
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 01 May 2016
  • : 01 January 2020
  • : books

Other Specifications

  • : Lewis Carroll
  • : Paperback
  • : 516
  • : 821.8
  • : 64

More About The Product

Lewis Carroll, born Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-98), grew up in Cheshire in the village of Daresbury, the son of a parish priest. He was a brilliant mathematician, a skilled photographer and a meticulous letter and diary writer. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, inspired by Alice Liddell, the daughter of the Dean of Christ Church in Oxford, was published in 1865, followed by Through the Looking-Glass in 1871. He wrote numerous stories and poems for children including the nonsense poem The Hunting of the Snark and fairy stories Sylvie and Bruno.