Alice in Wonderland [Norton Critical Edition, 1st ed.]
by Lewis Carroll 
, Donald J. Gray (Editor)
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Charles Luthwidge Dodgson was born in Daresbury, England on January 27, 1832. He became a minister of the Church of England and a lecturer in mathematics at Christ Church College, Oxford. He was the author, under his own name, of An Elementary Treatise on Determinants, Symbolic Logic, and other scholarly treatises. He is better known by his pen show more name of Lewis Carroll. Using this name, he wrote Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. He was also a pioneering photographer, and he took many pictures of young children, especially girls, with whom he seemed to empathize. He died on January 14, 1898. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Alice in Wonderland [Norton Critical Edition, 1st ed.]
- Original publication date
- 1971
- People/Characters
- Alice in Wonderland; White Rabbit; Cheshire Cat; Queen of Hearts; Mad Hatter; Dinah (show all 29); Dormouse; Alice's Sister; Red Queen; White Queen; Tweedledum; Tweedledee; White Knight; Bellman; Boots; Maker of Bonnet and Hoods; Barrister; Broker; Billiard-marker; Banker; Beaver; Baker; Butcher; Snark; Lewis Carroll; Alice Liddell (Alice Pleasance Liddell Hargreaves); Isa Bowman; Gertrude Chataway; Mock Turtle
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- Wonderland; Looking-Glass Land
- First words
- Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, "and w... (show all)hat is the use of a book," thought Alice, "without pictures or conversations?"
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- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Which do you think it was?
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- Do Not Combine: This is a "Norton Critical Edition", it is a unique work with significant added material, including essays and background materials. Do not combine with other editions of the work.
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