The Hunting of the Snark - by Lewis Carroll (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Lewis Carroll's magnificent nonsense poem <i>The Hunting of the Snark </i>features an unlikely cast of characters drawn from the Jabberwocky in <i>Through the Looking Glass</i>. This beautiful edition has an introduction by Chris Riddell and features his artwork. <i>The Hunting of the Snark </i>was first published by Macmillan in 1876.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Chris Riddell is an extraordinary talent--this is a wonderful book, an edition of the Snark to be treasured, and Macmillan are to be congratulated for marking the 150th anniversary of this fabulous book with such an exquisite edition." --<i>Books Monthly</i><br><br>"Chris Riddell provides bold illustrations, which genuflect to Henry Holiday's charismatic ink originals while having a personality of their own." --<i>Times</i><br><br>"Deceptively harmless-looking monsters and caricatures in fantastical period dress add broad comic notes to Carroll's tale of a party of bumbling hunters in search of a fabled quarry. Catching the flavor of the 1876 original, the verses in this edition are printed in widely spaced lines on heavy, cream-colored stock, with a ribbon for a place marker and meticulously detailed illustrations--mostly fine-lined ink drawings but some in color--on nearly every page." --<i>Kirkus Reviews</i><br><br>"This cherishably beautiful hardback of Carroll's epic nautical nonsense poem has absorbing illustrations by the incomparable children's laureate, Chris Riddell." --<i>Sunday Times</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Lewis Carroll</b>, the pen name for Charles Lutwidge Dodgeson, is the author of <i>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</i> and <i>Through the Looking-Glass</i>. <b>Chris Riddell</b>, the 2015-2017 UK Children's Laureate, has won a number of major prizes, including the 2001 and 2004 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medals. <i>Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse</i> won the Costa Children's Book Award 2013. His previous work for Macmillan includes the Ottoline books, <i>The Emperor of Absurdia</i>, and, with Paul Stewart, Muddle Earth, and the Scavenger series.
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