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About this audiobook
Lewis Carroll (1832–1898) made his name with his Alice books in the 1860s, but also wrote on popular mathematics – he was a maths tutor in various capacities at Christ Church College, Oxford, from his undergraduate days until his death.
First published in 1885, "A Tangled Tale" is a collection of ten brief humorous puzzles – called ‘knots’ – originally published in a monthly magazine in the early 1880s. Each puzzle is described in story form, then summarised as a ‘maths problem’. For the book, Carroll assessed answers sent in by readers, referring to them by name (usually pseudonyms) and grading them, with comments in typically polite-but-cutting Oxford-don fashion.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 3.8 (312)
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GenreHumor, Other, Children's Literature
Length3 hrs 6 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 12, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Preface
12Knot 10. Chelsea Buns
2To My Pupil
13Answers to Knot 1
3Knot 1. Excelsior
14Answers to Knot 2
4Knot 2. Eligible Apartments
15Answers to Knot 3
5Knot 3. Mad Mathesis
16Answers to Knot 4
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6Knot 4. The Dead Reckoning
17Answers to Knot 5
7Knot 5. Oughts and Crosses
18Answers to Knot 6
8Knot 6. Her Radiancy
19Answers to Knot 7
9Knot 7. Petty Cash
20Answers to Knot 8
10Knot 8. De Omnibus Rebus
21Answers to Knot 9
11Knot 9. A Serpent with Corners
22Answers to Knot 10
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