September 22, 2005
Alice in Wonderland
In Carroll's own hand, with his original drawings . . .
. . . amongst other complete rare texts, such as Leonardo de Vinci's notebook. Via the beeb.
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Gah. Shoulda checked previous posts first.
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previous posts first.
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fimbulvetr, I'm not sure what I dont understand more - why you think this has been posted before (doesn't come up under search on 'alice') or otherwise what you MEANT to link with the 'beeb' and 'previous post' non-links. I'm open to the possibility that I'm not very smart. It's a conclusion amazingly that seems to answer most questions I come up with. Perhaps I'll stop asking and just accept it as fact. OK I'm done now.
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Whatever happened, I was directed to something I didn't know was out there, previous post or no. It's a great link regardless. Thanks!
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Oops. Cut and paste is acting funny, so the links are dead. The British Library site with Alice in Wonderland was posted previously. This is the dead beeb link I tried to post.
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I have a nice book, "The complete works of Lewis Carroll". It contains a replica of the original hand-written Alice, with the pictures. I've always liked that version, and it's fun to compare it with the "mature" final version of the story. Imagine finding an early copy of "The Hobbit" written just for Tolkein's kids, for example. It's fun. Thanks for the link, fimbulvetr, now I think I'm going to have to go read Alice again...
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I highly recommend "The Annotated Alice", as edited by Marvin Gardner, for any fan. It goes in and out of print, but you should be able to find one without too much trouble. It examines the math and science behind Alice, and seeing how Carroll was a man of math and science, there's a lot there.
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I have an older edition of the annotated alice . . . excellent book.
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as edited by Marvin Gardner That would be Martin Gardner.
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Not to be confused with Marvin Gardens.
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...the famous robot botanist.
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...and exercise bike.