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Hunting of the Snark
Hunting of the Snark | Lewis Carroll
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In 1959 Tove Jansson, the creator of Moomin Valley and its magical inhabitants, illustrated a Swedish edition of Lewis Carroll's The Hunting of the Snark. It proved an inspired choice, as the enigmatic charms of Jansson's illustrative style bring to life the beauty and strangeness of Carroll's tale. Remarkably, amid the success of Tove Jannson's Moomin books, her unique edition of The Hunting of the Snark was forgotten for over 50 years. Now, for the first time, these beautiful illustrations are matched with Carroll's original English text, so that readers can encounter this wonderful adventure afresh.
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Caterina
The Hunting of the Snark | Lewis Carroll
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I enjoyed listening to this poem on YouTube while following along on Poetry Foundation. Although I only read it because the next short story in a collection I'm reading is a retelling, I found the original delightfully funny. Now I'm looking forward to the retelling!

The Snark is apt for #creature #ScarathlonDailyPrompts

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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2y
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schm8lyn
The Hunting of the Snark | Lewis Carroll
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Whimsical, as expected.

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Bookwomble
Hunting of the Snark | Lewis Carroll
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I'm in fits... 🔔

GingerAntics I have a copy of this in Apple Books, I just haven‘t gotten around to it. It sounded right up my alley!!! 3y
Bookwomble @GingerAntics Tove's style compliments Carroll's verse well. 3y
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arlenefinnigan
The Hunting of the Snark | Lewis Carroll
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Cinfhen Lewis Carroll must have been smoking some heavy weed back in the day 😜 4y
arlenefinnigan @Cinfhen yeah, re-reading Alice's Adventures in Wonderland as an adult is interesting 😉 4y
CrowCAH It‘s interesting that‘s it‘s written in poem format. 4y
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Aimeesue
The Hunting of the Snark | Lewis Carroll
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Folio Edition, illustrated by QUENTIN BLAKE❤️❤️❤️
#Folio
#FolioFriday

jillrhudy That is SO CUTE 6y
LeahBergen Lovely! 6y
batsy Oooh 💕 6y
ephemeralwaltz Oooooh!!! 5y
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Peake's illustrations of this edition (ISBN: 0701106050) are detailed caricatures, grotesque and gothic while humorous and playful. An excellent complement to Carroll's nonsense verse.

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Bookwomble
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Mervyn Peake's illustrations for "The Hunting of the Snark" emphasise the absurd and grotesque elements of Carroll's verse, whilst those of Jansson its otherworldly and hauntingly ethereal aspects. Although Peake is just a shade ahead for me, I do love Jansson's take on this classic piece of nonsense.

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LibrarianRyan
The Hunting of the Snark | Chris Riddell
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Lewis Carroll illustrated by Chris riddle. Yes please.

March 27

#CoverLove #MGedition

DivaDiane Oh, I love his illustrations! So quirky! 6y
LibrarianRyan @DivaDiane yes!👍🤓 6y
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elkeOriginal
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💙💛💙💛💙💛

TheLondonBookworm 😍😍 that is so adorably sweet!!!!! I love it 7y
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elkeOriginal
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From Chris Riddell's Introduction:

'This book is nonsense and, like all the best nonsense, it makes a special kind of sense.'

😊💕

scripturient ❤️❤️ 7y
DuckOfDoom Looks great 😍 7y
TheLondonBookworm Did Chris Riddell write it too or just illustrate it? It's perfect nonsense :) 7y
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elkeOriginal
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What a delightful bit of nonsense I just received in the #bookmail! Red foil on cover, blue foil gilded page edges, CHRIS RIDDELL illustrations.
❤️😍❤️😍❤️😍❤️😍❤️

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scripturient 😍 7y
DuckOfDoom I am beginning to think I need not only a Neil Gaiman collection, but a Chris Riddell collection as well 😍 7y
elkeOriginal @DuckOfDoom Yup! I gave Neil his own bookcase 💕The good news is they overlap a bit: http://litsy.com/p/aGlNRE5XWjJ2 7y
TheLondonBookworm Okay ignore my previous comment I have now seen this 😂 of course it's Lewis Carroll and I am an idiot 😝 @DuckOfDoom I'm so behind you with the Riddell collection!! 7y
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Kaddele
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Kaddele
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Just arrived today - the illustrations are just glorious!

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