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The Complete Works of Lewis Carroll (Illustrated Edition) (Annotated)

Enriched Edition. Novels, Short Stories, Poems; Including The Life of Lewis CarrollBy Lewis Carroll

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The Complete Works of Lewis Carroll (Illustrated Edition) gathers the full imaginative range of a writer whose nonsense is never mere whimsy. From Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass to Sylvie and Bruno, poems, games, and paradoxical verses, the volume reveals Carroll's distinctive fusion of dream-logic, linguistic play, satire, and mathematical precision. The illustrations deepen its Victorian context, recalling the era's fascination with childhood, fantasy, science, and the unstable boundaries between sense and absurdity. Lewis Carroll was the pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, an Oxford mathematician, logician, cleric, photographer, and lecturer. His intellectual training shaped the verbal riddles, inversions, and formal puzzles that animate his fiction, while his interest in children's storytelling helped produce narratives at once intimate and philosophically strange. His work reflects a mind equally devoted to order and to the comic liberation of disorder. This edition is recommended for readers seeking more than the familiar Alice books: it offers a comprehensive view of Carroll's artistry, contradictions, and enduring influence. Scholars, students, and general readers alike will find here a foundational collection of literary nonsense and imaginative logic. This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience. - A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions. - The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing. - A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation. - A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists. - A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths. - Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts. - Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.

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GenreLiterary Classics

Length43 hrs 13 mins

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Publish dateJul 31, 2019

LanguageEnglish

1Introduction

116Fit the Eighth: The Vanishing

2Novels

117Rhyme? And Reason?

3Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

118Phantasmagoria.

4Christmas Greetings

119Echoes.

5Chapter 1

120A Sea Dirge.

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6Chapter 2

121Ye Carpette Knyghte.

7Chapter 3

122Hiawatha’s Photographing.

8Chapter 4

123Melancholetta.

9Chapter 5

124A Valentine.

10Chapter 6

125The Three Voices.

11Chapter 7

126Tèma con Variazióni.

12Chapter 8

127A Game of Fives.

13Chapter 9

128Poeta Fit, Non Nascitur.

14Chapter 10

129The Hunting of the Snark,

15Chapter 11

130Size and Tears.

16Chapter 12

131Atalanta in Camden-Town.

17Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There

132The Lang Coortin’.

18Dramatis Personæ

133Four Riddles.

19Preface to the 1896 Edition

134Fame’s Penny-Trumpet.

20Chapter 1

135Preface.

21Chapter 2

136Three Sunsets.

22Chapter 3

137The Path of Roses.

23Chapter 4

138The Valley of the Shadow of Death.

24Chapter 5

139Solitude.

25Chapter 6

140Far Away.

26Chapter 7

141Beatrice.

27Chapter 8

142Stolen Waters.

28Chapter 9

143The Willow-Tree.

29Chapter 10

144Only a Woman’s Hair.

30Chapter 11

145The Sailor’s Wife.

31Chapter 12

146After Three Days.

32Preface

147Faces in the Fire.

33Chapter 1

148A Lesson in Latin.

34Chapter 2

149Puck Lost and Found.

35Chapter 3

150A Song of Love.

36Chapter 4

151My Fairy

37Chapter 5

152Punctuality

38Chapter 6

153Melodies

39Chapter 7

154Brother and Sister

40Chapter 8

155Facts

41Chapter 9

156Rules and Regulations

42Chapter 10

157Horrors

43Chapter 11

158Misunderstandings

44Chapter 12

159As It Fell upon a Day

45Chapter 13

160Ye Fattale Cheyse

46Chapter 14

161Lays of Sorrow No. 1

47Chapter 15

162Lays of Sorrow No. 2

48Chapter 16

163The Two Brothers

49Chapter 17

164The Lady of the Ladle

50Chapter 18

165Coronach

51Chapter 19

166She’s All my Fancy Painted Him

52Chapter 20

167Photography Extraordinary

53Chapter 21

168Lays of Mystery, Imagination, and Humour

54Chapter 22

169The Mock Turtle’s Song

55Chapter 23

170Upon the Lonely Moor

56Chapter 24

171Miss Jones

57Chapter 25

172College Poems and Notes

58Preface

173Ode to Damon

59Chapter 1

174Those Horrid Hurdy-Gurdies!

60Chapter 2

175My Fancy

61Chapter 3

176The Majesty of Justice

62Chapter 4

177The Elections to the Hebdomadal Council

63Chapter 5

178The Deserted Parks

64Chapter 6

179Examination Statute

65Chapter 7

180Acrostic

66Chapter 8

181To Three Puzzled Little Girls, From the Author

67Chapter 9

182Double Acrostic

68Chapter 10

183Three Little Maids

69Chapter 11

184Puzzle

70Chapter 12

185Three Children

71Chapter 13

186Two Thieves

72Chapter 14

187Two Acrostics

73Chapter 15

188Double Acrostic

74Chapter 16

189Acrostic

75Chapter 17

190Acrostic

76Chapter 18

191Acrostic

77Chapter 19

192To M. A. B.

78Chapter 20

193Acrostic

79Chapter 21

194Madrigal

80Chapter 22

195Love among the Roses

81Chapter 23

196Two Poems to Rachel Daniel

82Chapter 24

197The Lyceum

83Chapter 25

198Acrostic

84Short Stories

199Dreamland

85Preface.

200To my Child-Friend

86Knot I.

201A Riddle

87Knot II.

202A Limerick

88Knot III.

203Rhyme? And Reason?

89Knot IV.

204A Nursery Darling

90Knot V.

205Maggie’s Visit to Oxford

91Knot VI.

206Maggie B—-

92Knot VII.

207Inscribed to a Dear Child

93Knot VIII.

208Five Fathom Square the Belfry Frowns

94Knot IX.

209The Wandering Burgess

95Knot X.

210A Bacchanalian Ode

96Appendix.

211Red Riding-Hood

97Bruno’s Revenge

212A Square Poem

98Crundle Castle

213Prologues

99The Legend of Scotland

214Prologue to “La Guida di Bragia”

100The Ladye’s History

215Prologue 2

101Novelty and Romancement

216Prologue 3

102A Photographer’s Day Out

217Riddles from Wonderland: Solutions to Puzzles from Wonderland

103Photography Extraordinary

218Biography

104The Walking Stick of Destiny

219PREFACE

105Wilhelm von Schmitz

220CHAPTER I

106What the Tortoise Said to Achilles

221CHAPTER II

107Poetry

222CHAPTER III

108Preface

223CHAPTER IV

109Fit the First: The Landing

224CHAPTER V

110Fit the Second: The Bellman’s Speech

225CHAPTER VI

111Fit the Third: The Baker’s Tale

226CHAPTER VII

112Fit the fourth: The Hunting

227CHAPTER VIII

113Fit the Fifth: The Beaver’s Lesson

228CHAPTER IX

114Fit the Sixth: The Barrister’s Dream

229CHAPTER X

115Fit the Seventh: The Banker’s Fate

230CHAPTER XI

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