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'''''The Nursery "Alice"''''' (1889/90)<ref> |
'''''The Nursery "Alice"''''' (1889/90)<ref>{{cite web|title=The Macmillan Alice|year=2015|url=http://aliceinwonderland150.com/|url-status=dead|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20160312035209/http://aliceinwonderland150.com/|archive-date=March 12, 2006}}</ref> is an abridged version of ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]'' (1865) by [[Lewis Carroll]], adapted by the author himself for children ''"from nought to five"''. It includes 20 of [[John Tenniel]]'s illustrations from the original book, redrawn, enlarged, coloured – and, in some cases, revised – by Tenniel himself. The book was published by [[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan]] a quarter-century after the original ''Alice''. It featured new illustrated front and back covers in full colour by [[E. Gertrude Thomson]], who was a good friend of Dodgson.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Morton N.|last1=Cohen|first2=Edward|last2=Wakeling|year=2003|title=Lewis Carroll and his illustrators|publisher=Macmillan|location=London|pages=229–231|date=September 12, 2003|isbn=978-0801441486}}</ref> The book was 'engraved and printed' by the famous colour printer [[Edmund Evans]]. |
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The work is not merely a shortened and simplified version, along the lines of J. C. Gorham's 1905 ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland retold in words of one syllable]]''. It is written as though the story is being read aloud by someone who is also talking to the child listener, with many interpolations by the author, pointing out details in the pictures and asking questions, such as "Which would ''you'' have liked the best, do you think, to be a little tiny Alice, no larger than a kitten, or a great tall Alice, with your head always knocking against the ceiling?"<ref> |
The work is not merely a shortened and simplified version, along the lines of J. C. Gorham's 1905 ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland retold in words of one syllable]]''. It is written as though the story is being read aloud by someone who is also talking to the child listener, with many interpolations by the author, pointing out details in the pictures and asking questions, such as "Which would ''you'' have liked the best, do you think, to be a little tiny Alice, no larger than a kitten, or a great tall Alice, with your head always knocking against the ceiling?"<ref name="Book">{{cite web|title=The Nursery "Alice"|url=http://www.aliang.net/literature/the_nursery_alice/|year=1889}}</ref> There are also additions, such as an anecdote about a puppy called Dash, and an explanation of the word "foxglove". |
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Revision as of 20:23, 12 January 2023
 First edition cover of The Nursery “Alice” | |
| Author | Lewis Carroll |
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| Illustrator | John Tenniel |
| Cover artist | E. Gertrude Thomson |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fantasy novel |
| Publisher | Macmillan |
Publication date | 1890 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 72 pp |
| Adaptations: Alice in Wonderland: Nursery (film) | |
The Nursery "Alice" (1889/90)[1] is an abridged version of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) by Lewis Carroll, adapted by the author himself for children "from nought to five". It includes 20 of John Tenniel's illustrations from the original book, redrawn, enlarged, coloured – and, in some cases, revised – by Tenniel himself. The book was published by Macmillan a quarter-century after the original Alice. It featured new illustrated front and back covers in full colour by E. Gertrude Thomson, who was a good friend of Dodgson.[2] The book was 'engraved and printed' by the famous colour printer Edmund Evans.
The work is not merely a shortened and simplified version, along the lines of J. C. Gorham's 1905 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland retold in words of one syllable. It is written as though the story is being read aloud by someone who is also talking to the child listener, with many interpolations by the author, pointing out details in the pictures and asking questions, such as "Which would you have liked the best, do you think, to be a little tiny Alice, no larger than a kitten, or a great tall Alice, with your head always knocking against the ceiling?"[3] There are also additions, such as an anecdote about a puppy called Dash, and an explanation of the word "foxglove".
References
- ^ "The Macmillan Alice". 2015. Archived from the original on 12 March 2006.
{{cite web}}:|archive-date=/|archive-url=timestamp mismatch; 12 March 2016 suggested (help) - ^ Cohen, Morton N.; Wakeling, Edward (12 September 2003). Lewis Carroll and his illustrators. London: Macmillan. pp. 229–231. ISBN 978-0801441486.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ "The Nursery "Alice"". 1889.
External links
Media related to The Nursery Alice at Wikimedia Commons- The complete text and illustrations of The Nursery Alice online
The Nursery Alice public domain audiobook at LibriVox- (1889) The Nursery "Alice" at Project Gutenberg
- The Nursery Alice in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
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