His , first published in 1959, has over half a million copies in print around the world and is beloved by both families and scholars—for it was Gardner who first decoded many of the mathematical riddles and wordplay that lay ingeniously embedded in Carroll''s two classic stories, and . Forty years after this groundbreaking publication, Norton is proud to publish the Definitive Edition of , a work that combines the notes of Gardner''s 1959 edition with his 1990 volume, , as well as additional discoveries drawn from Gardner''s encyclopedic knowledge of the texts. Illustrated with John Tenniel''s classic, beloved art—along with many recently discovered Tenniel pencil sketches—will be Gardner''s most beautiful and enduring tribute to Carroll''s masterpieces yet.
The Annotated Alice provides a treasure chest of information on the two Alice books and on the man, Lewis Carroll who was responsible for their creation.
I finally, and seemingly permanently, misplaced the 40 year old copy of 'The Annotated Alice' (which I had pilfered from my mother's bookshelf) for the last time. I can't go more than a month or two without it so I rushed to buy a new copy...just weeks before the more beautifully bound 'Definitive Edition' was published. No matter, now I have two (perhaps even three if the original turns up).
I always enjoyed the twisted logic and unique sence of humor that I found in Lewis Carroll's Alice tales, the only problem I encountered was that some of the jokes required information that was no longer common knoledge. For example: when Alice continually misquoted the old English nursery rhymes I found myself wondering what the actual versions were, information that every child in Victorian England could have easily told me but that has since been lost to obscurity. After reading through this book I f..
