Alice in Wonderland (Norton Critical Editions)

from waltzmn

Any Norton Critical Edition is really two books in one: The original text, and the apparatus around it. Of the original text here, little needs to be said: It's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Th...

from The_Hibernator

This NCE contains Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass, and The Hunting of the Snark. I was pleased with the footnotes, which were helpful in clarifying many of Carroll's jok...

from auntieknickers

I've read this at least twice, once as a child and once in a children's literature class. I think as a child I found it a bit too scary and maybe that's why I don't recall reading it aloud to my ow...

from goblin67

The background and critical essays make this the best portable edition of Alice I know. The only edition that ranks higher in my esteem is Gardner's Annotated Alice. If I had to stuff a backpack wi...

from Mags_Standi

I love how adventurous, but at times nonsensical, the two books are. The characters and events are quite memorable, while the chess board in Through the Looking Glass makes one pay attention.