Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

The Children's Alice - Illustrated by Honor Appleton
The Children's Alice - Illustrated by Honor Appleton
The Children's Alice - Illustrated by Honor Appleton
Ebook94 pages48 minutes

The Children's Alice - Illustrated by Honor Appleton

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars

()

Read preview

About this ebook

Lewis Carroll's enduring favourite 'Alice in Wonderland' has been adapted here by F. H. Lee for younger readers.

‘Alice in Wonderland’ is the best known work of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832 – 1898); better known by his pen name, ‘Lewis Carroll’. Telling the tale of a girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by surreal and anthropomorphic creatures, the book was a huge commercial success on its initial publication in 1865. It was followed by its sequel, ‘Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There’, in 1871. The story has enjoyed lasting popularity with both adults and children alike – and is here retold in a wonderful children’s edition.

The ‘Children’s Alice’ is accompanied by the endearing black and white drawings of Honor C. Appleton (1879 – 1951). Appleton illustrated over one-hundred-and-fifty books during the course of her career, with her most famous works including Our Nursery Rhyme Book (1912),Charles Perrault’s Fairy Tales (1919), and the collected stories of Hans Christian Andersen (1922). As her career progressed, she began producing bolder images for literary classics – but her best-loved drawings remain those for the children’s market. Presented alongside the text, Appleton’s illustrations further refine and elucidate this captivating narrative.

Pook Press celebrates the great ‘Golden Age of Illustration‘ in children’s classics and fairy tales – a period of unparalleled excellence in book illustration. We publish rare and vintage Golden Age illustrated books, in high-quality colour editions, so that the masterful artwork and story-telling can continue to delight both young and old.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherPook Press
Release dateFeb 7, 2018
ISBN9781528782166
The Children's Alice - Illustrated by Honor Appleton

Related to The Children's Alice - Illustrated by Honor Appleton

Related ebooks

Children's Fantasy & Magic For You

View More

Related articles

Reviews for The Children's Alice - Illustrated by Honor Appleton

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings

0 ratings0 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

    Book preview

    The Children's Alice - Illustrated by Honor Appleton - F. H. Lee

    THE CHILDREN’S ALICE

    CHAPTER I

    DOWN THE RABBIT-HOLE

    ALICE was getting tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and the book her sister was reading had no pictures or conversations in it.

    She was considering (as well as she could, for the heat made her feel sleepy) whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of picking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her.

    There was nothing very remarkable in that; nor did Alice think it very much out of the way to hear the Rabbit say, Oh, dear! Oh, dear! I shall be too late! But when the Rabbit actually took a watch out of its waistcoat-pocket, looked at it, and then hurried on, Alice started to her feet. She had never seen a rabbit with either a waistcoat-pocket, or a watch, and burning with curiosity she ran after it, and was just in time to see it pop down a large rabbit-hole under the hedge.

    DOWN WENT ALICE AFTER IT

    Down went Alice after it, never once considering how she was to get out again.

    The rabbit-hole went straight on like a tunnel, and then dipped so suddenly that Alice found herself falling down a very deep well.

    She tried to look down, but it was too dark to see anything; then she noticed that the sides of the well were filled with cupboards and bookshelves. She took a jar from one of the shelves; it was labelled: ORANGE MARMALADE, but it was empty, and she managed to put it back into one of the cupboards as she fell past.

    Down, down, down. Would the fall never end? I wonder how many miles I’ve fallen, she said aloud.

    SHE MANAGED TO PUT IT BACK AS SHE FELL PAST

    Down, down, down. Dinah will miss me very much to-night, she went on. (Dinah was the cat.) I hope they’ll remember her milk. Dinah, my dear, I wish you were down here. There are no mice, I’m afraid, but you might catch a bat, and that’s very like a mouse, you know. But do cats eat bats, I wonder?

    Suddenly thump! thump! down she came upon a heap of sticks and dry leaves. The fall was over.

    Alice was not hurt, and jumped up. It was all dark overhead; before her was another long passage; and the White Rabbit was hurrying down it. Away went Alice like the wind, and was just in time to hear it say, as it turned a corner, Oh, my ears and whiskers, how late it’s getting! But when she turned the corner the Rabbit was not to be seen, and Alice found herself in a long, low hall, lit by lamps hanging from the roof.

    THE DOOR LED INTO A SMALL PASSAGE

    There were doors all round, but they were locked; and when Alice had tried every door she walked sadly down the middle, wondering how she could get out again.

    Suddenly she came upon a little three-legged table made of glass; on it was a tiny golden key. This might belong to one of the doors; but alas! it would not open any of them. The second time round she noticed a low curtain, behind which was a little door about fifteen inches high; she tried the little golden key in the lock, and to her delight it fitted.

    ALICE DRANK IT

    The door led into a small passage, not much larger than a rat-hole; she knelt down and looked along the passage into the loveliest garden you ever saw, but alas! she could not even get her head through the doorway.

    It was no use to wait there, so she went back to the table; this time she found a little bottle on it (which certainly was not here before, said Alice), and tied round the neck was a label, with the words

    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1