O Frabjous Day! (Penguin Little Black Classics)

O Frabjous Day! (Penguin Little Black Classics)

by Lewis Carroll (Author)

Synopsis

'I cried, Come, tell me how you live! And thumped him on the head.' Conjuring wily walruses, dancing lobsters, a Jabberwock and a Bandersnatch, Carroll's fantastical verse gave new words to the English language.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 64
Edition: 01
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 03 Mar 2016

ISBN 10: 0241251931
ISBN 13: 9780241251935
Book Overview: Conjuring wily walruses, dancing lobsters, a Jabberwock and a Bandersnatch, Carroll's fantastical verse gave new words to the English language.

Author Bio
Lewis Carroll, born Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-98), grew up in Cheshire in the village of Daresbury, the son of a parish priest. He was a brilliant mathematician, a skilled photographer and a meticulous letter and diary writer. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, inspired by Alice Liddell, the daughter of the Dean of Christ Church in Oxford, was published in 1865, followed by Through the Looking-Glass in 1871. He wrote numerous stories and poems for children including the nonsense poem The Hunting of the Snark and fairy stories Sylvie and Bruno.