{"product_id":"the-annotated-alice-150th-anniversary-deluxe-edition-9780393245431","title":"The Annotated Alice: 150th Anniversary Deluxe Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne summer afternoon in 1862, the Rev. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson took a rowboat out on the Thames. With him were three young friends from the Liddell family--the sisters Lorina, Edith, and Alice. Dodgson often spun fairy tales on these boating trips to pass the time, and on this particular afternoon the story was particularly well received by Alice, who afterwards entreated him to write it down for her. Dodgson recalled the pivotal moment thusly: \"In a desperate attempt to strike out some new line of fairy-lore, I had sent my heroine straight down a rabbit-hole, to begin with, without the least idea what was to happen afterwards.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe tale, initially titled \u003cem\u003eAlice's Adventures Under Ground\u003c\/em\u003e, became \u003cem\u003eAlice's Adventures in Wonderland\u003c\/em\u003e, which Dodgson published in 1865 as Lewis Carroll. So began the journey, now in its 150th year, of one of the most beloved stories of all time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Annotated Alice: 150th Anniversary Deluxe Edition\u003c\/em\u003e compiles over half a century of scholarship by leading Carrollian experts to reveal the history and full depth of the Alice books and their enigmatic creator. This volume brings together Martin Gardner's legendary original 1960 publication, \u003cem\u003eThe Annotated Alice\u003c\/em\u003e; his follow-ups, \u003cem\u003eMore Annotated Alice\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eDefinitive Edition\u003c\/em\u003e; his continuing explication through the \u003cem\u003eKnight Letter\u003c\/em\u003e magazine; and masterly additions and updates edited by Mark Burstein, president emeritus of the Lewis Carroll Society of North America. In these pages Lewis Carroll's mathematical riddles and curious wordplay, ingeniously embedded throughout the Alice works, are delightfully decoded and presented in the margins, along with original correspondence, amusing anecdotal detours, and fanciful illustrations by Salvador Dalí, Beatrix Potter, Ralph Steadman, and a host of other famous artists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePut simply, this anniversary edition of \u003cem\u003eThe Annotated Alice\u003c\/em\u003e is the most comprehensive collection of Alice materials ever published in a single volume. May it serve as a beautiful and enduring tribute to the charming, utterly original \"new line of fairy-lore\" that Lewis Carroll first spun 150 years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe deluxe anniversary edition of \u003cem\u003eThe Annotated Alice\u003c\/em\u003e includes: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA rare, never-before-published portrait of Francis Jane Lutwidge, Lewis Carroll's mother\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOver 100 new or updated annotations, collected since the publication of Martin Gardner's \u003cem\u003eDefinitive Edition\u003c\/em\u003e of \u003cem\u003eThe Annotated Alice\u003c\/em\u003e in 1999\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMore than 100 new illustrations, in vibrant color, by Salvador Dalí, Beatrix Potter, Ralph Steadman, and 42 other artists and illustrators, in addition to the original artwork by Sir John Tenniel\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA preface by Mark Burstein, president emeritus of the Lewis Carroll Society of North America, and all of Gardner's introductions to other editions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA filmography of every Alice-related film by Carroll scholar David Schaefer\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarroll, Lewis:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eLewis Carroll\u003c\/strong\u003e is a pseudonym of the Rev. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, who was born on January 27, 1832, and died on January 14, 1898. His most famous works are \u003cem\u003eAlice's Adventures in Wonderland\u003c\/em\u003e; its sequel, \u003cem\u003eThrough the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eThe Hunting of the Snark\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGardner, Martin:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eMartin Gardner\u003c\/strong\u003e (1914-2010) is regarded as one of the world's leading experts on Lewis Carroll and his work. The author of more than a hundred books, he wrote the Mathematical Games column for \u003cem\u003eScientific American\u003c\/em\u003e for twenty-five years and has been hailed by Douglas Hofstadter as one of the great intellects produced in this country in this century.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTenniel, John:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - The many works of \u003cstrong\u003eSir John Tenniel\u003c\/strong\u003e (1820-1914) include many humorous and political cartoons for \u003cem\u003ePunch\u003c\/em\u003e and other periodicals of the time, but he is best known for his illustrations of the original editions of \u003cem\u003eAlice in Wonderland\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThrough the Looking Class\u003c\/em\u003e.","brand":"W. W. 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