
The Complete Works of Lewis Carroll (Illustrated Edition) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Novels, Short Stories, Poems; Including The Life of Lewis CarrollBy Lewis CarrollLength43h 13m
About this audiobook
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.
Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics
Length43 hrs 13 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 31, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
26Chapter 7
2Novels
27Chapter 8
3Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
28Chapter 9
4Christmas Greetings
29Chapter 10
5Chapter 1
30Chapter 11
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6Chapter 2
31Chapter 12
7Chapter 3
32Preface
8Chapter 4
33Chapter 1
9Chapter 5
34Chapter 2
10Chapter 6
35Chapter 3
11Chapter 7
36Chapter 4
12Chapter 8
37Chapter 5
13Chapter 9
38Chapter 6
14Chapter 10
39Chapter 7
15Chapter 11
40Chapter 8
16Chapter 12
41Chapter 9
17Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There
42Chapter 10
18Dramatis Personæ
43Chapter 11
19Preface to the 1896 Edition
44Chapter 12
20Chapter 1
45Chapter 13
21Chapter 2
46Chapter 14
22Chapter 3
47Chapter 15
23Chapter 4
48Chapter 16
24Chapter 5
49Chapter 17
25Chapter 6
50Chapter 18