Alice Through the Looking-Glass |
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Author:
Lewis Carroll
By Candlewick
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List Price: $24.99
Our Price: $9.94
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Product Description
Welcome back to the world of Helen Oxenbury’s Alice! An exuberant edition of the Lewis Carroll masterpiece, lavishly illustrated by one of the most beloved children’s book artists of our time.
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more than expected :-), 2008-10-30
I collect different editions of Alice In Wonderland for the illustrations.
So this piece has a very nice illustrations style, there are a lots of them and the book is actually way thicker (read: better :-), than I expected.
The text itself I did not read honestly.
CAUTION: The Jeremy Reed paperback is not an illustrated edition, 2006-12-11
Due to Amazon's habit of interchanging reviews for books with similar titles, please note that this review refers only to the paperback edition with Jeremy Reed's critical appraisal:
This book is NOT intended for children.
The only reason to own this edition is for the cover art, which is a subversive, overtly sexualized take on a tumbling Alice.
Amazon, regrettably, is very careless regarding book descriptions for titles with multiple editions. The only one presented on this page that actually applies to the edition in question is the "Book Description" - ignore all others that refer to illustrations.
The supposed reason for publishing the edition at all is Jeremy Reed's "revealing" critical reading of C.L. Dodgson's (Lewis Carroll's) purported obsession with young girls. There is more than one argument to be made in this case, with San Francisco Museum of Modern Art curator Douglas Nickel offering a substantive counter-claim that considers Carroll's career in the context of the conventions of his Victorian England, rather than in our modern age of lurid post-Freudian pop psychology.
Overall, I can only recommend this book to those who wish to carry on the debate about Dodgson's sexuality, and only then if taken with a grain of salt.
What does Trevor Brown have to do with Helen Oxenbury's edition?, 2006-07-02
There are three reviews to this edition that talk about Trevor Brown's contribution, including the cover, to this book. Surely these comments should have been attached to a different book. This book is illustrated by Helen Oxenbury, and there is no attribution anywhere, including the cover, that has to do with Trevor Brown.
By the way, the Oxenbury illustrations are typical of her style. Frankly, as a collector of Carrolliana, I find Oxenbury's illustrations to be far too precious to hold the interest of adults, but others might find them to be appropriate for a child. The edition is well printed, on good paper and with solid color.
Excellent book with adult illustrations., 2004-07-13
Thoroughly enjoyed the book and its illustrations. The pictures are in the style of those drawn at the turn of the previous century. Absolutely delightful. There's definitely no credit to any Trevor name. The illustrations are from Malcolm Mashman. The drawings are perhaps more formal than the current Walt Disney interpretations, but they convey the story exactly. Well done!!! Pip pip and all that!!!
DONT BE FOOLED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, 2001-07-04
TREVOR BROWN IS IN NO WAY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS BOOK, I AM A TREVOR BROWN FAN AND THOUGHT THIS BOOK MAY HAVE DRAWINGS OF HIS TO COMPLEMENT THE BOOK....WRONG!!!!!!!!!!! THE ONLY THING OF TREVOR BROWN IS THE COVER, THAT'S IT. THE REST OF THE BOOK IS A BOOK, NO PICTURES OR ANYTHING ELSE, JUST A STORY. DONT GET THIS BOOK THINKING THAT THIS IS TREVOR BROWN'S EDITION OF ALICE.
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Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9780763628925
ISBN: 0763628921
Label: Candlewick
Manufacturer: Candlewick
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 208
Publication Date: 2005-10-11
Publisher: Candlewick
Reading Level: Young Adult
Release Date: 2005-10-11
Studio: Candlewick |
