{"product_id":"alices-adventures-in-wonderland-through-the-looking-glass-9781909621572","title":"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland \u0026 Through the Looking-Glass","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDesigned to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSelected for \u003ci\u003eThe Great American Read\u003c\/i\u003e, the PBS series celebrating America's 100 most-loved books. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's a warm summer's afternoon when young Alice first tumbles down the rabbit hole and into the adventures in Wonderland that have kept readers spellbound for more than 150 years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition is brought to life by Sir John Tenniel's legendary illustrations in black and white, and with an afterword by Anna South. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCollected here are Lewis Carroll's two classics - \u003ci\u003eAlice's Adventures in Wonderland\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThrough the Looking-Glass\u003c\/i\u003e - in which Alice encounters the laconic Cheshire Cat, the anxious White Rabbit and the terrifying Red Queen, as well as a host of other outlandish and charming characters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharles Lutwidge Dodgson, celebrated under his pseudonym Lewis Carroll, was born in 1832, the third in a large and talented family of eleven children. His fascination with word games, puzzles and writing was evident from an early age. He was educated at Rugby School and then Christ Church, Oxford, where he was later appointed lecturer in mathematics and subsequently spent the rest of his life there. Alongside his academic life he pursued a career both as a writer and an accomplished amateur photographer. His most famous works are \u003ci\u003eAlice's Adventures in Wonderland\u003c\/i\u003e (1865), its sequel \u003ci\u003eThrough the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There \u003c\/i\u003e(1871) and \u003ci\u003eThe Hunting of the Snark\u003c\/i\u003e (1876). He died, unmarried, in 1898.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"MacMillan Collector's Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50642042028306,"sku":"9781909621572","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3ec2e0b8-3deb-4fc7-844d-fb3600ca2c1e.jpg?v=1760432664","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/alices-adventures-in-wonderland-through-the-looking-glass-9781909621572","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}