This is an Online Internet Book Club on Lewis Carroll: The Complete, Fully Illustrated Works, Deluxe Edition by Lewis Carroll. Discuss this book, share your thoughts, make comments, ask questions, offer responses...
Description
This beautiful, 868-page leather-bound volume contains a delightful collection of stories from one of history's most beloved children's authors. Lewis Carroll's stories are still as fresh and appealing as when they were first published more than a century ago. John Tenniel's original illustrations accompany the Alice stories and bring to life the wildly popular characters so well known to us all: the Mad Hatter, the White Rabbit, the Cheshire Cat, and a passel of others.
Carroll, one of 11 children, knows his audience well. His stories--clever, provocative, and bizarre--capture the imaginations of children worldwide. Though a prolific storyteller from childhood, he went on to become a mathematician, a fact evidenced by the Tangled Tales serial, which contains a mathematical equation in each installment.
Other stories included in this collection are "The Hunting of the Snark," which was composed backward, in a sense, when inspiration for the tale came by way of the last line; "Rhyme? And Reason?"; the Sylvie and Bruno books; and the original Alice story, "Alice's Adventures Underground," penned and illustrated in Carroll's own hand. Two never-before-printed poems, originally inscribed in two storybooks and presented as mementos to a little girl and boy, conclude this enchanting collection.
Book Club Questions for Lewis Carroll (Fiction)
Suggested Book Club Questions for Lewis Carroll: The Complete, Fully Illustrated Works, Deluxe Edition (Fiction)
The following book club questions provide a starting point for creating a reading group discussion on Lewis Carroll:
- Did Lewis Carroll emphasize any specific themes throughout Lewis Carroll? What do you think Lewis Carroll is trying to explain with this theme?
- What was unique about the setting of Lewis Carroll and how did it affect the storyline?
- Could you relate to any of the characters? If so, which ones and why?
- How do characters change or learn throughout Lewis Carroll? What events caused these changes? Have you or someone you know experienced the same thing?
- How does Lewis Carroll reveal Lewis Carroll's own perspectives about people and the world? For a lively discussion, describe why you think Lewis Carroll is liberal or conservative.
- Did certain parts of Lewis Carroll affect you emotionally? Why did it evoke those emotions?
- Did Lewis Carroll's point of view on things lend new perspective to your own view of the world?
Book Club Questions for Lewis Carroll (for Non-Fiction)
Suggested Book Club Questions for Lewis Carroll: The Complete, Fully Illustrated Works, Deluxe Edition (Non-fiction)
The following book club questions provide a starting point for creating a reading group discussion on Lewis Carroll:
- Did Lewis Carroll make persuasive arguments in Lewis Carroll? Did Lewis Carroll change or reinforce your opinion on the subject?
- What did you learn from Lewis Carroll?
- How does Lewis Carroll present the information and did you enjoy it?
- How is Lewis Carroll biased within Lewis Carroll? Is there a political slant to what is being discussed and how does it impact the book?
- What, if anything, does Lewis Carroll make you want to read next? Why?
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