Essay Archive - Enduring, Endearing Nonsense
Enduring, Endearing Nonsense
Author: Andrew Green
Did you read and enjoy Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland books as a
child? Or better still, did you have someone read them to you? Perhaps
you discovered them as an adult or, forbid the thought, maybe you haven't
discovered them at all! Those who have journeyed Through the Looking
Glass generally love (or shun) the tales for their unparalleled sense of
nonsense .
Public interest in the books--from the time they were published more than
a century ago--has almost been matched by curiosity about their author.
Many readers are surpris....
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