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'A landmark, bringing together a lifetime's work on Lewis Carroll by writer and mathematician Martin Gardner. He dazzles on Carroll's puzzles and games of logic and entertains on everything from Alice's influence on the Beat poet Jack Kerouac to how mercury in hat linings turned hatters mad...it is unsurpassed' - Jackie Wullschlager, "Financial Times". 'The indispensable guide to a classic of English literature...no one who has ever wondered about the meaning of 'Jabberwocky' should fail to include on their Christmas list' - Robert McCrum, "Observer".
| ISBN | 0140289291 | | Pages | 368 | | ISBN13 | 9780140289299
(What's this?) | | Part volume | "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" AND "Through the Looking Glass" | | Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd | | Weight (grammes) | 256 | | Imprint | Penguin Books Ltd | | Reprint date | 27-Jan-2005 12:00:00 am | | Format | Paperback | | Published in | London | | Publication date | 25 Oct 2001 | | Previous ISBN | 9780140013870 | | Illustrator | Sir John Tenniel | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Translator | INT>Gardner, Martin | | Width (mm) | 129 | | Writer of introduction | Martin Gardner | | Spine width (mm) | 16 | | DEWEY | 823.8 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | |
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'A landmark, bringing together a lifetime's work on Lewis Carroll by writer and mathematician Martin Gardner. He dazzles on Carroll's puzzles and games of logic and entertains on everything from Alice's influence on the Beat poet Jack Kerouac to how mercury in hat linings turned hatters mad...it is unsurpassed' - Jackie Wullschlager, Financial Times 'The indispensable guide to a classic of English literature...no one who has ever wondered about the meaning of 'Jabberwocky' should fail to include on their Christmas list' - Robert McCrum, Observer  Be the first to write a customer review
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