The Story of Alice: Lewis Carroll and the Secret History of Wonderland - Couverture souple

Douglas-Fairhurst, Robert

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0674970764 ISBN 13 : 9780674970762

Editeur : The Belknap Press, 2016

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

"It is the ultimate book about Alice - comprehensive and scholarly, but so delightfully and elegantly written that it's a true work of literature" (Jacqueline Wilson)

"The Story of Alice is the best book on the myriad enigmas of Carroll’s heart-breaking wonderland I have ever read" (Robert McCrum Observer)

"Superb...toweringly the best of the dozens of books on Carroll which I have read" (AN Wilson Financial Times)

"Douglas-Fairhurst is a startling and exciting writer" (A.S. Byatt Spectator)

"This is biography at its best" (Lyndall Gordon New Statesman)

"Magnificent" (5 Stars, Charlotte Heathcote Sunday Express)

"Fascinating " (Book of the Week, Philip Collins Times)

"This accomplished book provides ample inspiration for readers to return to Wonderland" (Francesca Wade Prospect)

"Different times, and Robert Douglas-Fairhurst makes a sure-footed guide in unraveling them...intriguing" (Anthony Quinn Mail on Sunday)

"A fascinating telling of a great mystery story" (The Times)

Présentation de l'éditeur :

*Shortlisted for the 2015 Costa Biography Award*

*BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week *

Wonderland is part of our cultural heritage – a shortcut for all that is beautiful and confusing; a metaphor used by artists, writers and politicians for 150 years.

But beneath the fairy tale lies the complex history of the author and his subject: of Charles Dodgson, the quiet academic, and his second self, Lewis Carroll – storyteller, innovator and avid collector of 'child-friends'. And of his 'dream-child', Alice Liddell, and the fictional alter ego that would never let her grow up.

This is their secret story: a history of love and loss, of innocence and ambiguity, and of one man’s need to make Wonderland his refuge in a rapidly changing world.

Drawing on previously unpublished material, Robert Douglas-Fairhurst traces the creation and influence of the Alice books against a shifting cultural landscape – the birth of photography, changing definitions of childhood and sexuality and the tensions inherent in the transition between the Victorian and modern worlds.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: The Belknap Press
• Date d'édition: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0674970764
• ISBN 13: 9780674970762
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 496