"The popular view that Wonderland is simply a charming fairy tale full of frivolous nonsense that was made up on a summer's day is one that Lewis Carroll was happy to foster. Just as a magician would not wish to reveal the years of hard work and machinery behind some grand illusion, the author Lewis Carroll -- along with Charles Dodgson the amateur magician -- did not want his fairy tale to appear as anything less than an effortless work of pure imagination."
Lovers of Alice In Wonderland will appreciate David Day's new book that hits the shelves next month, Alice's Adventure In Wonderland Decoded. This is full text of Lewis Carroll's novel with its many hidden meanings.
It reads like a scholarly text. Intensely thorough. From the etymology of how the name Lewis Carroll came about, to questions of why someone would write a children's story in a code that is almost impenetratable (even to adults).
But as the book argues, the tales actually do make sense --…
Lovers of Alice In Wonderland will appreciate David Day's new book that hits the shelves next month, Alice's Adventure In Wonderland Decoded. This is full text of Lewis Carroll's novel with its many hidden meanings.
It reads like a scholarly text. Intensely thorough. From the etymology of how the name Lewis Carroll came about, to questions of why someone would write a children's story in a code that is almost impenetratable (even to adults).
But as the book argues, the tales actually do make sense --…