{"product_id":"the-nursery-alice-hardcover","title":"The Nursery Alice - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLewis Carroll's original adaptation of \u003ci\u003eAlice's Adventures in Wonderland\u003c\/i\u003e for younger readers, with colour illustrations by Sir John Tenniel.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"I wrote to Macmillan to suggest a new idea: a 'Nursery Edition' of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e with pictures printed in.\" —Lewis Carroll's diary, February 15, 1881\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Nursery Alice,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e originally published by Macmillan \u0026amp; Co. in 1890, was the very first colour edition of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlice's Adventures in Wonderland.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e It was intended, wrote Carroll, \"to be read by Children aged from Nought to Five. To be read? Nay, not so! Say rather to be thumbed, to be cooed over, to be dogs'-eared, to be rumpled, to be kissed.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith this new, younger readership in mind, Carroll rewrote \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e himself, simplifying and abridging the original text, while Sir John Tenniel redrew, enlarged and coloured twenty of his iconic illustrations (with Alice in a yellow dress to reflect the 1890s craze for yellow). The resulting book is a delightfully engaging experience—readers are prompted to interact not only with the story but also with the images and even the physical book itself, in a way that is thoroughly modern.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGloriously reproduced by Macmillan, the original publishers of both Lewis Carroll's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e books, this edition retains every word of the original \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Nursery Alice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and restores the exquisite delicacy of Tenniel's artwork—lost in reproductions across the decades—along with the delightful cover artwork by Emily Gertrude Thomson. This gem of a book is the perfect introduction to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlice,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and a delight for child and adult readers alike.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Raincoast Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48820264206587,"sku":null,"price":29.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0590\/8745\/4385\/files\/Image2903.jpg?v=1777423992","url":"https:\/\/shopaprikose.com\/fr\/products\/the-nursery-alice-hardcover","provider":"Aprikose","version":"1.0","type":"link"}