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Experiencing a story read out loud is one of the oldest forms of entertainment there is. Fireside Reading is a way to slow down, reconnect with the timeless wisdom of great books and rediscover the simple pleasure of being read to. Join Gildart Jackson in
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A fine exclusive edition of one of literature's most beloved stories with full page call-outs with quotes from summer.
So she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could, for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid), whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close to her.
Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland books...
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Alice debuted in Carroll's first draft of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Alice's Adventures Under Ground. Under Ground originated from stories told to the Liddell sisters during an afternoon on 4 July 1862 while rowing on the Isis with his friend Robinson Duckworth, and on subsequent rowing trips. At the request of ten-year-old Alice Liddell, Carroll wrote down the stories as Alice's Adventures Under Ground, which he completed in February 1864....
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Alice, who ate the cake and fell down the rabbit-hole, and Dorothy Gale of Oz via Kansas, are presented together in this wonderful eBook featuring two of literature's classic journeying heroines. The similarities are inescapable: both experience strange and wonderful illusions (or are they?) and both are forced to make difficult decisions in the face of adversity. Travel with Alice to Wonderland and with Dorothy to Oz in these magical fun-filled adventure...
25) Silvia y Bruno
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Desarrollada a partir de dos cuentos que aparecieron en "Aunts Judy Magazine" en 1867, "Silvia y Bruno" fue redactada tomando como base una colección de notas, canciones, poemas y fragmentos de diálogo recopilados por Lewis Carrol durante años. Las aventuras de estos dos niños, estructuradas en una composición extraordinaria que requiere la complicidad del lector, constituyen la digna continuación, dentro de otro ambiente, del mundo creado en...
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Embark on a whimsical and unforgettable journey with "Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll. This beloved classic is a surreal and captivating tale that has captured the hearts and imaginations of readers for generations. Follow the curious and adventurous Alice as she tumbles down the rabbit hole and finds herself in a world of wonder and delight.
From meeting a Mad Hatter to encountering the enigmatic and grinning Cheshire Cat, every step of Alice's...
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Lewis Carrolls novels Alices Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass have entertained readers young and old for more than a century. Their magical worlds, amusing characters, and playfully logical illogic epitomize the wit and whimsy of Carrolls writing. Alices Adventures in Wonderland and Other Classic Works collects both of the Alice novels, each featuring the classic illustrations of John Tenniel. In addition, this volume features...
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Generations of children have fallen down the rabbit hole with the little girl in the pinafore, to return again and again to Wonderland. Translated into more than one hundred languages, this captivating fantasy has enchanted readers of all ages around the world. This new edition of Alice's adventures offers a fresh look at the time-honored tale, featuring an abundance of exuberant illustrations in the elegant style of Art Nouveau. Willy Pogány, a...
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Lewis Carroll the author of the world famous Alice in Wonderland is well known even today for his fiction, but his tenure as professor of mathematics at Oxford university is less well known as is his love of logic problems. Carroll was a mathematician at heart; he deeply loved and was fascinated by the subject. At first it may seem odd that a creator of such nonsensical writings would have such an interest in this area, although the logic involved...
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Relato del inglés Lewis Carroll cuyo verdadero nombre era Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-1898) publicado en 1865. Fruto de los cuentos que el autor improvisaba para tres niñas, una de ellas Alice Liddell de siete años. Como en el mito de Peter Pan, se basa en el anhelo y el temor a crecer. Se desarrolla según el ritmo de las canciones infantiles y plasma las fantasías y las pesadillas de la infancia. Esta obra maestra del nonsense (disparate)...
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Alice s'ennuie et se plaint auprès de sa sœur, qui lit un livre sans images, ni dialogues. Elle se demande «À quoi bon un livre sans images, ni dialogues?». Juste à ce moment, un lapin blanc aux yeux roses vêtu d'une redingote avec une montre à gousset à y ranger surgit et passe près d'elle en courant. Cette vision ne l'étonne pas au premier abord, mais quand elle voit le lapin sortir une montre de sa poche et s'écrier: «Je suis en retard!...
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Curiouser and curiouser. . .When Alice takes a tumble following the White Rabbit, she finds herself in a world in which nothing is what it is, because everything is what it isn't. But can Alice make sense of the nonsense in the land of the Mad Hatter, the Queen of Hearts and the Cheshire Cat? And will she ever get home again?
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Ya fuera por una somnolencia excesiva durante la tarde anterior, o por las preocupaciones hostiles, o por insomnio puro, la realidad es que Charles L. Dodgson (o, como lo conoce la mayoría de la gente, Lewis Carroll) tenía problemas para conciliar el sueño. Y ante esta situación del tipo "entre la espada y la pared", decidió convertir sus noches de vigilia en noches de actividad creativa. Entre 1872 y 1890 pensó y resolvió los 72 Problemas...
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Musaicum Books presents to you this carefully created collection of Lewis Carroll's complete works. This ebook has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices.
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Novels: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, Sylvie and Bruno; Concluded Stories: A Tangled Tale, Bruno's Revenge and Other Stories, What the Tortoise Said to...
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"Alices Abenteuer im Wunderland" – das ist eine Reise zu alten Bekannten: zum weißen Kaninchen und zur Herz-Königin, zum Hutmacher, zum Märzhasen und zur Haselmaus. "Wir alle hier sind verrückt", bekommt Alice von der unvergesslichen Cheshire-Katze erklärt. Und nicht weniger verrückt sind die Gestalten, denen Alice "Hinter den Spiegeln" begegnet: Dem Muster einer Schachpartie folgend trifft sie auf lebende Blumen, Spiegelweltinsekten, Dideldum...
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Lewis Carroll wrote several mathematics books. He was mainly interested in using logic diagrams as a pedagogical tool. Symbolic Logic, first published in 1896, contains literally dozens of puzzles. He believed heartily that children would enjoy learning mathematics if they could be enticed by amusing stories and puzzles. The Game of Logic, published in 1897, was intended to teach logic to children. His "game" consisted of a card with two diagrams,...