The Complete Alice

       150年前，出版愛麗絲夢遊仙境的出版社Macmillan，為全球英語兒童文學讀者推出了這本超過百年、卻歷久彌新的經典文學作品。書中Lewis Carroll安排以小女孩愛麗絲掉入兔子洞的夢境場景拉開整個荒誕且充滿想像力的冒險故事出版，搭配多元自創的語彙及豐富的人物，為往後的兒童文學提供 了想像素材。其特殊的韻文詩文法，看似錯誤卻隱含深意，讓Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland成為兒童文學經典及許多人心中英國文學不可缺少的書目。

　　Macmillan 在1865年後150年出版的這本紀念版，除了插畫是原插畫家Sir John Tenniel 的作品全彩版外，還有尼爾蓋曼導讀，書封還以掉進兔子洞為靈感挖空設計成精裝版，封面再壓上書中重點主角的剪影，全書非常精美、值得愛書的你搶先珍藏。 【文/ 博客來編譯】

　　Lewis Carroll's Alice has been enchanting children for 150 years. Curious Alice, the bossy White Rabbit, the formidable Queen of Hearts and the Mad Hatter are among the best loved, most iconic literary creations of all time.

　　Macmillan was the original publisher of Alice in 1865 and is proud to remain true to the vision of its creators. This stunning anniversary treasury reproduces every word of Carroll's masterpiece and its equally famous sequel, Through the Looking-Glass. The dreamlike illustrations, colour versions of Sir John Tenniel's originals, were produced in 1911 by celebrated artist Harry Theaker, under the direction of Tenniel himself, and the series completed by contemporary watercolourist Diz Wallis.

　　Curiouser and curiouser! Lively and authoritative non-fiction content draws on Macmillan's rich historical archive to tell the real-life story of how Alice was written and published.

　　Lewis Carroll was the pen-name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. Born in 1832, Dodgson was a mathematics tutor at Christ Church College, Oxford, where he met Alice Liddell, daughter of the dean, and inspiration for ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. The book and its sequel, THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS AND WHAT ALICE FOUND THERE, have delighted children all over the world for 150 years.

　　Sir John Tenniel was already a renowned cartoonist when he was invited to produce illustrations for ALICE. His exquisite engravings are among the most iconic and best loved images in the world.