The Hunting of the Snark - With the Original High Resolution Illustrations of Henry Holiday: The Impossible Voyage of an Improbable Crew to Find an Inconceivable Creature or an Agony in Eight Fits (Annotated)
Enriched Edition.By Lewis Carroll
Length2h 21m
About this audiobook
The Hunting of the Snark is Lewis Carroll's great mock-epic of nonsense, an "agony in eight fits" that sends a strangely assorted crew in pursuit of a creature defined as much by absence as by possibility. Written in brisk, incantatory verse, the poem fuses ballad rhythm, parody, logical paradox, and dreamlike menace. Henry Holiday's original illustrations intensify its Victorian atmosphere, giving visual precision to a voyage whose destination remains magnificently unstable. Lewis Carroll, the pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, was a mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon, photographer, and the celebrated author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. His fascination with formal systems, linguistic ambiguity, games, and childhood imagination deeply informs the Snark. Beneath its comic surface lies the mind of a scholar testing the limits of sense, classification, and certainty. This edition is recommended to readers who value literary nonsense at its most sophisticated: playful, unsettling, and philosophically suggestive. It will especially reward admirers of Victorian literature, illustrated books, poetic experiment, and works that make absurdity feel strangely exact.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A succinct Introduction situates the work's timeless appeal and themes.
- The Synopsis outlines the central plot, highlighting key developments without spoiling critical twists.
- A detailed Historical Context immerses you in the era's events and influences that shaped the writing.
- An Author Biography reveals milestones in the author's life, illuminating the personal insights behind the text.
- A thorough Analysis dissects symbols, motifs, and character arcs to unearth underlying meanings.
- Reflection questions prompt you to engage personally with the work's messages, connecting them to modern life.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
GenrePoetry
Length2 hrs 21 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 27, 2014
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Introduction
3Synopsis
4Historical Context
5Author Biography
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6Preface
7Fit the First: The Landing
8Fit the Second: The Bellman’s Speech
9Fit the Third: The Baker’s Tale
10Fit the fourth: The Hunting
11Fit the Fifth: The Beaver’s Lesson
12Fit the Sixth: The Barrister’s Dream
13Fit the Seventh: The Banker’s Fate
14Fit the Eighth: The Vanishing
15Analysis
16Reflection
17Memorable Quotes
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