Author: pseud SPHINXPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Christmas Comfits for children of every age, or Six centuries of charades and conundrums. Edited by Sphinx
Author: pseud SPHINXChristmas Comfits for Children of Every Age, Or, Six Centuries of Charades and Conundrums
Author: Sphinx (pseud.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Riddles, Juvenile
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Nineteenth Century Short-title Catalogue: phase 1. 1816-1870
Author: Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalogue
Author: Avero Publications LimitedPublisher:
ISBN: 9780907977568
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Ulysses
Author: Curiosities of Literature
Author: Isaac DisraeliPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Decoded
Author: David DayPublisher: Doubleday Canada
ISBN: 0385682271
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
This gorgeous 150th anniversary edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is also a revelatory work of scholarship. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland--published 150 years ago in 1865--is a book many of us love and feel we know well. But it turns out we have only scratched the surface. Scholar David Day has spent many years down the rabbit hole of this children's classic and has emerged with a revelatory new view of its contents. What we have here, he brilliantly and persuasively argues, is a complete classical education in coded form--Carroll's gift to his "wonder child" Alice Liddell. In two continuous commentaries, woven around the complete text of the novel for ease of cross-reference on every page, David Day reveals the many layers of teaching, concealed by manipulation of language, that are carried so lightly in the beguiling form of a fairy tale. These layers relate directly to Carroll's interest in philosophy, history, mathematics, classics, poetry, spiritualism and even to his love of music--both sacred and profane. His novel is a memory palace, given to Alice as the great gift of an education. It was delivered in coded form because in that age, it was a gift no girl would be permitted to receive in any other way. Day also shows how a large number of the characters in the book are based on real Victorians. Wonderland, he shows, is a veritable "Who's Who" of Oxford at the height of its power and influence in the Victorian Age. There is so much to be found behind the imaginary characters and creatures that inhabit the pages of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. David Day's warm, witty and brilliantly insightful guide--beautifully designed and stunningly illustrated throughout in full colour--will make you marvel at the book as never before.
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller
Author: Felix FontainePublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller" by Felix Fontaine. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
English-Ido Dictionary
Author: Luther H. DyerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
Martine's Hand-book of Etiquette and Guide to True Politeness
Author: Arthur MartinePublisher: Applewood Books
ISBN: 1557094292
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
A guide to etiquette that was used right after the Civil War. Recommended by the Confederate Yankee.