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All Things Alice: The Wit, Wisdom and Wonderland of Lewis Carroll (Hardcover)

by Linda Sunshine (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Random House USA Inc (3 Dec 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1400054419
  • ISBN-13: 978-1400054411
  • Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 16.5 x 4.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 569,526 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Collects quotes and book illustrations from various editions of Alice in Wonderland, excerpts from Carroll's journals and letters, insights and critical commentary, pictures of collectibles, and entries from various works inspired by the story.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Nice book, if you buy it for pictures rather than content., 18 April 2008
By J. Scott "whitefort" (Co. Down United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This is a beautifully produced hardback book with more than 350 pages, all in full colour, and even a ribbon bookmark. I've found that almost everyone who sees it sitting on my desk wants to lift it up and flick through it, usually with a comment along the lines of, 'Oh, that's a nice book!'

And so it is.

My only problem is, I'm not quite sure who it's aimed at. If you buy this book expecting it to be a mine of information on Carroll and Alice, you'll be very disappointed. For example, on many, many two-page spreads you'll just find a single one-sentence quotation from the Alice books.

In her introduction to the book, Ms Sunshine points out that almost any sentence from either of the Alice books could stand alone as a quotable quote, but this almost begs the question: Then why not just buy the two Alice books instead of this?

Well, perhaps because this book has other things as well as the memorable quotations.

There are snippets from Carroll's other works: his letters; his puzzles. These go some way towards making the book a worthwhile purchase. But (to be very blunt) there are other places where the content is so lacking in relevance that it's hard to see why it's in the book at all as anything other than filler.

For example, towards the end of the book there are a series of recipes for treats such as 'Mock Turtle Pie' (a sort of chocolate fudge cake). Very nice, I'm sure, but really, what's it got to do with Alice? - these are just random recipes with a stuck-on Alice-related name.

Having said all that, it *is* beautifully produced. If you purchase this expecting 350 pages of informative content, you'll be sadly disappointed. However, if you buy it as a book of Alice pictures and illustrations, you'll be very happy.

It would have been nice to see work by some of the most famous illustrators, but it seems that copyright law created problems here. However, it does mean that there are a wealth of pictures that you won't have seen before.

As I read though the book, I kept thinking that it was more like one of those day-by-day, themed desk calendars than a regular book, each day giving a short quotation, snippet from a letter, picture, or whatever. In fact, I'm not at all surprised to see that it's since spawned a calendar, stationery set, journal, etc.

So, in conclusion, buy it because it's pretty. Buy it because of the pictures. But if you want 'real' Alice content, your best (and essential) purchase is still Martin Gardner's definitive 'Essential Alice.'
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