![]() ![]() ![]() Over forty years after she presented Lewis Carroll's masterpiece to a Scandinavian audience, Tove Jansson's beautifully illustrated edition of the original text of this classic work is finally made available to an English-speaking audience. ![]() What is less well known is that in 1966 she devoted her unique gifts to illustrating Alice's extraordinary adventures. Unusual for British children’s literature during the Victorian era, Carroll’s tale is neither moralistic nor instructional. Jansson is renowned worldwide for her hugely successful Moomin books. Alice Illustrated Around the World At the beginning of the story, Alice muses about the importance of illustrations in capturing a reader’s attention and imagination. ![]() illustrated tarot deck inspired by Disneys classic animated film Alice in. In Tove Jansson, the story of Alice finds an illustrator worthy of its enchantment and surreal beauty. See more ideas about alice in wonderland costume, wonderland costumes. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, illustrated by Tove Jansson / ISBN 9781854379573 / 110-page hardback from Tate Publishing with color and black-and-white illustrationsĭescribed by The Times on its first publication in 1865 as "an excellent piece of nonsense," this inspired tale of a young girl's adventures in a strange and magical world has gone on to become one of the most popular books ever written, translated into over 125 languages and said to be the most frequently quoted book after the Bible, Koran and Shakespeare. ![]()
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