Monster Essays - Enduring, Endearing Nonsense of Fairy Tales
Enduring, Endearing Nonsense of Fairy Tales
Did you read and enjoy Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland books as a
child? Or better still, did you have someone read them to you? Perhaps
you discovered them as an adult or, forbid the thought, maybe you haven't
discovered them at all! Those who have journeyed Through the Looking Glass
generally love (or shun) the tales for their unparalleled sense of nonsense.
Public interest in the books--from the time they were published more
than a century ago--has almost been matched by curiosity about their author.
Many readers are surprised to learn that the Ma....
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