num_pages: 192
description: Carroll's classic stories reunited with Peake's celebrated illustrations, restored for the first time to their original glory.In the 1940s, Gormenghast trilogy author Mervyn Peake was commissioned to produce a series of seventy pen-and-ink drawings to accompany Lewis Carroll's two classics, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. Previously admired for his illustrations of Treasure Island and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Peake set to work, producing such luminous, eccentric images that Graham Greene would later refer to him as 'the first artist since Tenniel to recast Alice in a contemporary mould.'In these editions, Peake's marvelous illustrations, many of them originally drawn on poor quality wartime paper, have been meticulously reproduced as they were meant to be seen. Thanks to a combination of old-fashioned craft and cutting-edge computer technology, the delightful images shine for the first time in over two decades alongside Carroll's fantastically eccentric text. With introductions by modern literary masters Will Self and Zadie Smith, these beautifully designed and printed books are the perfect gift for adults and children alike.
language: English
title: Alice's Adventures
titlecomplete: Alice's Adventures
characters: Tweedledum and Tweedledee (Lewis Carroll), The Queen of Hearts (Lewis Carroll), The Dormouse (Lewis Carroll), The Red Queen (Lewis Carroll), The Hatter (Lewis Carroll), The Jabberwock (Lewis Carroll), Humpty Dumpty (Lewis Carroll), The White Rabbit (Lewis Carroll), The White Queen (Lewis Carroll), The Mock Turtle (Lewis Carroll), The White Knight (Lewis Carroll), The Caterpillar (Lewis Carroll), Dinah (Lewis Carroll), The March Hare (Lewis Carroll), The Cheshire Cat (Lewis Carroll), Alice (Lewis Carroll)
genres: Middle Grade, Literature, Young Adult, Childrens, Classics, Adventure, Novels, 19th Century, Fiction, Fantasy
ratings_count: 548316
places: United Kingdom, Wonderland, England
series: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
publisher: Bloomsbury USA