Product Description

'It is difficult to imagine how a guide to the Alice books could be more helpfully organised.' - Ronald Warwick, The Times Higher Education Supplement Lewis Carroll's Alice books are literary classics, but they have influenced more than just the world of literature. The Alice books have been adapted for film, television, radio and the stage; and Alice herself has become a cultural artefact, right down to the hairband she wears which is of course named after her. Other characters from the books live on outside the covers: who can ever forget the grinning Cheshire cat, or the Mad Hatter's tea party? This extraordinary companion to the Alice books offers not simply an explanation of the characters and situations that fill their pages, but explains how they relate to the life and experiences of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson - better known to millions of readers as Lewis Carroll.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #548018 in Books
• Published on: 1998-03-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 336 pages

Customer Reviews

Research gaffe spoils this.
Yes - it's got all the Alice stuff in it, and then some. BUT - is it reliable ? Who knows ? Who but an Alice expert ?
As my yardstick, I used Dennis Potter's film DREAMCHILD, which - more than 20 years after its release - remains a favourite.
In THE ALICE COMPANION, the film is included, sure enough - but what idiot of a researcher can't be bothered to check the name of the actress who played Alice Hargreaves ? It's the main part, for goodness' sake. Write it out 100 times: Alice was played by CORAL BROWNE ... (Mrs Vincent Price, to you) ... NOT MAGGIE SMITH. If you don't know the answer at the time, look it up and make sure of your facts. Better still, see the film and READ THE CREDITS. It's an inexcusable error in a major publication (meaning there is no excuse for it) and one that is very unlikely to be corrected. More's the pity.
It spoils the book, and leaves a bitter taste. Save your money.
Sad.