This is a well worn copy of a much-loved book. It must have been in the family for a long, long time - going from Janet to Margaret - onwards to me. How many hands have turned these pages? A lot judging by the state of the thing.

I have to say I really enjoyed this. I had read the picture book version as a child but never the full book - and when I read it I thought it was clever clever clever.
Its a most dark story of fantasy. The world Alice enters is not a happy space. My favourite chapter was the Mock Turtle, just so very clever.
I had a copy with notes attached - this I would recommend as it brings a different dimension to the read. ( )

 This classic is written in an advanced style of language that requires a higher reading level, but the writing isn't stilted even though it's written in the old classical style. This original quality of this work is a quite good use of literary device that manages to bring us into Wonderland, as we experience some of the older and even archaic poems that Alice is required to recite. The writing quality carries Carroll's brilliance of this tale deeper into our hearts. We feel a difference in the character attributes even for those of us who know the story fairly well, in how they have been revealed to us. Alice we are shown is full of wonder in a way that is both inquisitive and adaptable. We don't see evidence of her 'temper' as it's been claimed she has one in prior film tellings of this work. The Mad Hatter we see as testing Alice, because he is both characterized as obnoxious and goading. The Chesire Cat, becomes more of a friend to Alice than he was before given credit for. The White Rabbit, is both kind of mean in the way Alice describes him as being far too busy to care about anything other than himself. I would say that this version with all of it's layers such as the Mock Turtle and the Gryphon help us see things in Wonderland much more clearly; vs. how we may have thought things were just one dimensional before. ( )

William Andrew Pogány ( Hungary 1882-1955).
Glad to get anything containing Pogány's and this little Alice edition is a delight! Contains B&W line drawings in scale of 1/6 to 1/2 page size & two color EPs. ( )

This classic tale of Alice In Wonderland is about a young girl with an imagination like no other. Her curiosity find's her trouble, and makes new friends for her. The story is a classic that has been around for decades. ( )