Abia atept s ajung… S vd, n sfrsit, New York-ul! Ultima dat cnd mi-a fost fric de moarte… De fapt nu de ea, ci de teroarea i schingiuirea fizic din sistemul nostru aberant! De ce s m-ngrozeasc moartea O simpl prelungire a vieii. O banal fa a imparitii. Moartea! O nedeplin via a singurtii...“ O istorie palpitant despre via i despre moarte.

“Star Maker”, regarded as one of the true classics of science fiction, Star Maker is a poetic and deeply philosophical work. The story details the mental journey of an unnamed narrator who is transported not only to other worlds but also other galaxies and parallel universes, until he eventually becomes part of the "cosmic mind." First published in 1937, Olaf Stapledon's descriptions of alien life are a political commentary on human life in the turbulent inter-war years. The book challenges preconceived notions of intelligence and awareness, and ultimately argues for a broadened perspective that would free us from culturally ingrained thought and our inevitable anthropomorphism. This is the first scholarly edition of a book that influenced such writers as C.S. Lewis and Arthur C. Clarke and which Jorge Luis Borges called "a prodigious novel."? Some Books of Stapledon: Last and First Men (1930) Sirius: A Fantasy of Love and Discord (1944) Odd John: A Story Between Jest and Earnest (1935) Last Men in London (1932) A Modern Magician (1979) Death into Life (1946) Darkness and the Light (1942) A World of Sound (1936) A Man Divided (1950) The Seed and the Flower (1916)

Tales of Space and Time, A collection of short stories: "The Crystal Egg", "The Star", "A Story of the Stone Age", "A Story of the Days to Come" & "The Man who could Work Miracles" ? Some Books of Wells: The War of the Worlds (1898) The Time Machine (1895) A Modern Utopia (1905) The Invisible Man (1897) The Island of Dr. Moreau (1896) The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth (1904) The Sleeper Awakes (1910) The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost (1902) The First Men in the Moon (1901) A Dream of Armageddon (1901)

“The Blazing World”, is a Description of a New World, Called The Blazing-World, better known as The Blazing World, is a 1666 work of prose fiction by English writer Margaret Cavendish, the Duchess of Newcastle. It has been described as an early fore-runner of science fiction.??Here on this Figure Cast a Glance.?But so as if it were by Chance,?Your eyes not fixt, they must not Stay,?Since this like Shadowes to the Day?It only represent's; for Still,?Her Beauty's found beyond the Skill?Of the best Paynter, to Imbrace?These lovely Lines within her face.?View her Soul's Picture, Judgment, witt,?Then read those Lines which Shee hath writt,?By Phancy's Pencill drawne alone?Which Peces but Shee, can justly owne.??To The Duchesse of Newcastle, ?On Her New Blazing-World.??Our Elder World, with all their Skill and Arts,?Could but divide the World into three Parts:?Columbus, then for Navigation fam'd,?Found a new World, America 'tis nam'd;?Now this new World was found, it was not made,?Onely discovered, lying in Time's shade.?Then what are You, having no Chaos found?To make a World, or any such least ground??But your Creating Fancy, thought it fit?To make your World of Nothing, but pure Wit.?Your Blazing-World, beyond the Stars mounts higher,?Enlightens all with a C?lestial Fier.??William Newcastle.

Dinu are 25 de ani, o carier? ?n presa de scandal ?i nemul?umiri pe toate planurile: e convins c? iubita ?l ?n?al?, a scris o carte pe care nu reu?e?te s-o publice, iar jobul s?u, de a scoate senza?ionalul din necazurile altora, nu-i aduce nici o satisfac?ie. ?n loc s?-?i accepte cu demnitate condi?ia de t?n?r intelectual rom?n, e decis s?-?i rezolve toate problemele, ?n doar o s?pt?m?n?. ?ntr-o astfel de situa?ie, de o gravitate medie, c?teva sfaturi ra?ionale ar putea fi exact ce are nevoie. Din p?cate, persoanele din jurul s?u nu se obosesc cu a?a ceva. Luca, prietenul s?u cel mai bun ?i fost coleg de facultate, ?l ?mpinge, de fiecare dat?, spre cea mai simpl? sau imoral? solu?ie. De cealalt? parte, fratele s?u Andrei ?ncearc? s?-l transforme ?ntr-un bun cre?tin, precum ceilal?i membrii ai sectei. Obsesia fa?? de starul hip-hop Ty Julius, impus? de cerin?ele publicului de tabloid, e singurul lucru care reu?e?te s?-i mai st?rneasc? sentimente puternice. Asta p?n? c?nd o ?nt?lne?te pe Simona, care i-ar putea schimba via?a complet, ?n bine, sau ?n r?u, sau poate chiar deloc.

-THE DOUBLE- centers on a government clerk who goes mad. It deals with the internal psychological struggle of its main character, Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin, who repeatedly encounters someone who is his exact double in appearance but confident, aggressive, and extroverted, characteristics that are the polar opposites to those of the toadying "pushover" protagonist. ??The motif of the novella is a doppelganger (Russian "dvoynik"), known throughout the world in various guises such as the fetch. * * *? It was a little before eight o’clock in the morning when Yakov Petrovitch Golyadkin, a titular councillor, woke up from a long sleep. He yawned, stretched, and at last opened his eyes completely.?For two minutes, however, he lay in his bed without moving, as though he were not yet quite certain whether he were awake or still asleep, whether all that was going on around him were real and actual, or the continuation of his confused dreams. ??Very soon, however, Mr. Golyadkin’s senses began more clearly and more distinctly to receive their habitual and everyday impressions. The dirty green, smoke-begrimed, dusty walls of his little room, with the mahogany chest of drawers and chairs, the table painted red, the sofa covered with American leather of a reddish colour with little green flowers on it, and the clothes taken off in haste overnight and flung in a crumpled heap on the sofa, looked at him familiarly. At last the damp autumn day, muggy and dirty, peeped into the room through the dingy window pane with such a hostile, sour grimace that Mr. Golyadkin could not possibly doubt that he was not in the land of Nod, but in the city of Petersburg, in his own flat on the fourth storey of a huge block of buildings in Shestilavotchny Street.

"THERE was once upon a time a king who had a garden; in that garden was an apple tree, and on that apple tree grew a golden apple every year."?These stories are the golden apples that grew on the tree in the king's garden; grew and grew and grew as the golden years went by; and being apples of gold they could never wither nor shrink nor change, so that they are as beautiful and precious for you to pluck today as when first they ripened long, long ago.??Perhaps you do not care for the sort of golden apples that grew in the king's garden; perhaps you prefer plain russets or green pippins? Well, these are not to be despised, for they also are wholesome food for growing boys and girls; but unless you can taste the flavor and feel the magic that lies in the golden apples of the king's garden you will lose one of the joys of youth.??No one can help respecting apples (or stories) that gleam as brightly today as they did hundreds and thousands of years ago, when first the tiny blossoms ripened into precious fruit.??"Should you ask me whence these stories,?Whence these legends and traditions?With the odors of the forest,?With the dew and damp of meadows?"—??I can say only that the people were telling fairy tales in Egypt, in Joseph's time, more than three thousand years ago; and that grand old Homer told them in the famous "Odyssey," with its witches and giants, its cap of darkness, and shoes of swiftness. Old nurses and village crones have repeated them by the fireside and in the chimney corner; shep-herds and cowherds have recounted them by the brookside, until the children of the world have all learned them by heart, bequeathing them, generation after generation, as a priceless legacy to their own children. Nor must you fancy that they have been told in your own tongue only. Long, long before the art of printing was known, men and women of all nations recited these and similar tales to one another, never thinking that the day would come when they would be regarded as the peculiar property of youth and childhood. ?

Un nou gen de proz? literar?? A?a s-ar p?rea, dac? pornim de la separarea ?n con?tient ?i incon?tient a sinelui uman, aprofundat? magistral de marele psihiatru elve?ian C.G. Jung ?n celebra ?i monumentala sa Carte Ro?ie. Dumitru Popescu are o bogat? oper? literar?-fic?ional? ?i nonfic?ional? – inspirat? din yona con?tientului. Baletul fantasmelor ne propune sondarea cu mijloace literare a celeilalte zone a spiritului, cu origini ?i mecanisme ?nc? greu decelabile ?i care deschide o alt? fabuloas? perspectiv? a l?untricului omenesc.

There are, roughly speaking, two distinct types of Scottish Fairy Tales. There are what may be called "Celtic Stories," which were handed down for centuries by word of mouth by professional story-tellers, who went about from clachan to clachan in the "High-lands and Islands," earning a night's shelter by giving a night's entertainment, and which have now been collected and classified for us by Campbell of Isla and others.??These stories, which are also common to the North of Ireland, are wild and fantastic, and very often somewhat monotonous, and their themes are strangely alike. They almost always tell of some hero or heroine who sets out on some dangerous quest, and who is met by giants, generally three in number, who appear one after the other; with whom they hold quaint dialogues, and whom eventually they slay. Most of them are fairly long, and although they have a peculiar fascination of their own, they are quite distinct from the ordinary Fairy Tale.

Caragiale a delimitat si impus teritoriul dramaturgiei romanesti cu numai cinci piese patru comedii si o drama scrise pe durata a doar unsprezece ani. Timp de un secol si peste trei decenii cat a trecut pana astazi de la prima lectura publica a Noptii furtunoase cea dintai dintre marile lui piese perimetrul problematic de viziune stilistic si tipologic al teatrului romanesc atat in registrul comediei cat si in cel al dramei fie aceasta ?de idei“ fantastica ori mitologizanta a ramas cel stabilit de Caragiale. Pentru literatura dramatica romaneasca el a avut si are acelasi rol ca in literatura franceza Corneille Racine si Molière laolalta. I-a fixat pentru eternitate probabil tiparele si ?ntinderea specificul si frontierele. MIRCEA IORGULESCU

AMERICAN INDIAN FAIRY TALES?By W.T. Larned, 1921, ?Twenty-ninth Edition??* Iagoo, the Story-Teller?* Shin-ge-bis fools the North Wind?* The Little Boy and Girl in the Clouds?* The Child of the Evening Star?* The Boy who Snared the Sun?* How the Summer Came?* Grasshopper?* Mish-o-sha, the Magician?* The Fairy Bride??With one exception, all the tales in this book are adapted from the legends collected by Henry R. Schoolcraft, ethnologist and government agent for the Lake Superior country, and published in 1839 with the title, "Algic Researches."

The "Times."?"For its rapid action, in fact, we have seldom read a better story, or one which is more full of incidents, sanguinary, trenchant, and robust."??The "Daily Telegraph."?"A true and a wonderfully well-sustained piece of Oriental life and striking history."??The "Spectator."?"This is a very remarkable book. It is a determined attempt to bring the interior Hindoo and Mussulman life of a great Mahratta province during the most exciting times home to the hearts and understandings of Englishmen, to interest them in people with whom they have nothing except human nature in common."??"Morning Post."?"'Tara' is a unique work. There is nothing like it in the English literature of fiction. No other writer has ever attempted the portrayal of Indian life, society, and interests, entirely free from any European admixture of character or incident. The author himself now does so for the first time. 'The Confessions of a Thug' related to British jurisdiction in India. 'Tippoo Sultan' dealt with the gallant struggles of that monarch against the encroaching British power, but 'Tara' is all Indian."??"Saturday Review."?"It is seldom that we meet with a work of fiction executed with anything like the conscientious care and minute elaboration of Captain Meadows Taylor's Indian Tale. His characters have mostly the clearness and individuality of portraits, and his scenery exhibits all the marked and decisive features of photographs taken on the spot. The work throughout is evidently that of a master of Oriental life and character in love with his subject, to whom nothing appears trivial or beneath notice that can illustrate the peculiar traits of Asiatic nature, or kindle an enthusiasm for knowing more of the history, manners, and usages of our fellow-subjects in the east."??The "Standard."?"In no one part of the work has Captain Taylor shown more thorough art than in those pages in which he details the features of the Hindoo and Ma-homedan family life. He never overloads; his characters are not lay figures attired in triple folds of gorgeous robes to hide their nakedness. With a few subtle touches he shows us the interior life of each household, and the morning springs of every character, and he leaves us to fill in the obvious details for ourselves."???My Lord,?The scenes and characters which i have endeavoured to depict in these volumes will be necessarily new and strange to you; but if they excite interest in the native annals of a country of which i find but little real knowledge existing, the object of the work will have been attained; while, by the kind courtesy which permits me to dedicate it to you, your excellency confers upon me a very sincere gratification.??I have the honour to be,?Your Lordship's very faithful servant,??MEADOWS TAYLOR.

Now ponder well, you parents deare,?These wordes which I shall write;?A doleful story you shall heare,?In time brought forth to light.??A gentleman of good account?In Norfolke dwelt of late.?Who did in honour far surmount?Most men of his estate.??Sore sicke he was, and like to dye,?No helpe his life could save;?His wife by him as sicke did lye,?And both possest one grave.??No love between these two was lost,?Each was to other kinde;?In love they liv'd, in love they dyed,?And left two babes behinde:??The one a fine and pretty boy,?Not passing three yeares olde;?The other a girl more young than he?And fram'd in beautye's molde. Randolph Caldecott (1846 – 1886) was an English artist and illustrator, born in Chester. The Caldecott Medal was named in his honour. He exercised his art chiefly in book illustrations. His abilities as an artist were promptly and generously recognised by the Royal Academy. Caldecott gre-atly influenced illustration of children's books during the nineteenth century. Two books illustrated by him, priced at a shilling each, were published every Christmas for eight years. Caldecott also illustrated novels and accounts of foreign travel, made humorous drawings depicting hunting and fashionable life, drew cartoons and he made sketches of the Houses of Parliament inside and out, and exhibited sculptures and paintings in oil and watercolour in the Royal Academy and galleries. After six years at Whitchurch, Caldecott moved to the head office in Manchester of the Manchester & Salford Bank. He lodged variously in Aberdeen Street, Rusholme Grove and at Bowdon. He took the opportunity to study at night school at the Manchester School of Art and practised continually, with success in local papers and some London publications. It was a habit of his at this time, which he maintained all his life, to decorate his letters, papers and documents of all descriptions with marginal sketches to illustrate the content or provide amusement. A number of his letters have been reprinted with their illustrations in Yours Pictorially, a book edited by Michael Hutchings. In 1870, a painter friend in London, Thomas Armstrong, put Caldecott in touch with Henry Blackburn, the editor of London Society, who published a number of his drawings in several issues of the monthly magazine. Encouraged by this evidence of his ability to support him-self by his art, Caldecott decided to quit his job and move to London; this he did in 1872 at the age of 26. Within two years he had become a successful magazine illustrator working on commission. His work included individual sketches, illustrations of other articles and a series of illustrations of a holiday which he and Henry Blackburn took in the Harz Mountains in Germany. The latter became the first of a number of such series.

A fost odat? o fat?… care avea o umbr?. Al treilea volum al trilogiei Alb?-ca-z?pada.Trupa de teatru a unui liceu de art? pune ?n scen? o versiune modern? a basmului Alb? ca Z?pada, cu Lumikki Andersson ?n rolul principal. Repeti?iile merg bine, iar ?ntre Lumikki ?i b?iatul care-l interpreteaz? pe v?n?tor pare s? existe o chimie palpabil?. Oare Lumikki s-a ?ndr?gostit pentru prima oar??Cu pu?in ?nainte de premier?, lui Lumikki ?i parvine un ?ir de scrisori semnate de un admirator secret, a c?rui pasiune pentru ea se preschimb? rapid ?ntr-o obsesie periculoas?.?ncerc?nd s? afle adev?rata identitate a h?r?uitorului, Lumikki trebuie s? aduc? la lumin? cele mai sumbre secrete din propriul trecut. Iar cum premiera spectacolului se apropie cu repeziciune, Lumikki trebuie s?-l prind? ?n capcan? pe h?r?uitorul s?u, cu sufletul negru ca abanosul.?Motive din basme, intrig? poli?ist?, dileme ale lumii de azi – o lectur? nu tocmai u?oar?, care nu-i menajeaz? nici pe cei mai tineri dintre cititori.“ – Kirkus Reviews?Fanii lui Nesb? ?i ai lui Larsson nu vor fi dezam?gi?i.“ – Publishers WeeklyLumikki Andersson. O fat? din Riihim?ki. Care are o opinie ferm? despre fiecare lucru. Care ia note maxime ?i la fizic?, ?i la filosofie. Care a jucat rolul Ofeliei at?t de bine, ?nc?t vreo doi profesori s-au enervat, iar restul au fost emo?iona?i. Care nu ia parte la niciun eveniment al ?colii. Care mereu m?n?nc? de una singur?, dar nu pare niciodat? singuratic?. Nu e precum ceilal?i. Este exact ca ei.

Un productor neobosit de surprize, n spaiul nostru literar, este Nicolae Breban…“ (Gabriel Dimisianu, Romnia literar“, nr. 42, 2009) Nicolae Breban este stpnit de – i ajunge sa stpneasc el nsui – voina de putere creatoare. Creaia este, dup Fr. Nietzsche, adevrata voina de putere. Ct pot crea – att exist“, iat relaia definitorie i poate chiar sensul vieii, raliat adnc unei ontologii a artei literare. Scriitorul se teme cel mai mult de insuficiena voinei. ntotdeauna a fost ngrozit de un succes de mna a doua. Un succes a fost faptul ca n Frana i-au fost publicate romane dificile“, ntr-un context literar i istoric defavorabil. (…) Breban triete cu luciditate abisal un vis estetic“. Urmeaz, aadar, i nu contrazice autonomia esteticului. Omul i cultura sunt artificioase, nu naturale. El crede c, n esen, literatura nu s-a schimbat niciodat de la Homer ncoace.“ (Marian Victor Buciu) Un romancier pentru o generaie a literaturii. Nici un prozator roman nu a trit, dup 1960, o evoluie att de rapid. Succesul fulgertor al lui Nicolae Breban nu poate i nici nu trebuie s fie judecat independent de momentul 1965 al literaturii tinere. O generaie de povestitori i de poei avea nevoie de un adevrat romancier pentru a-i consacra, aa cum se cuvine, strlucirea. Nu de un romancier fcut prin aglomerarea povestirilor, strlucitor pe fiecare pagina, spectaculos prin fiecare personaj al sau; generaia reclama nu un autor care tie sa povesteasc, ci un scriitor nzestrat cu vocaie de romancier: de adevrat constructor.“ (Cornel Ungureanu)

Bestseller New York TimesUn roman din seria inspectorul Guido BrunettiCelebra c?nt?rea?? de oper? Flavia Petrelli reapare cu totul nea?teptat ?n via?a inspectorului de poli?ie Guido Brunetti.Flavia, care o interpreteaz? acum pe Floria Tosca din faimoasa oper? a lui Puccini, ?i m?rturise?te c? un admirator necunoscut a urmat-o de la Londra la Sankt Petersburg ?i la Vene?ia, cople?ind-o cu buchete imense de trandafiri galbeni. Pe m?sur? ce admiratorul invadeaz? via?a c?nt?re?ei, Brunetti ?ncearc? s? afle identitatea acestuia. Inspectorul ??i d? seama c? Flavia e ?n pericol c?nd un coleg de-al ei este r?nit grav.Va reu?i Brunetti s? intre ?n mintea admiratorului psihopat ?nainte ca Flavia sau altcineva din preajma ei s? p??easc? ceva r?u?"Un roman care are grandoarea unui spectacol de oper?… Seria Inspectorul Brunetti nu ?i-a pierdut deloc prospe?imea. Acesta e talentul extraordinar al Donnei Leon. Scriitura ei are exuberan?a unei opere de Puccini." - Independent (UK)"C?r?ile Donnei Leon se remarc? prin pitorescul locurilor unde se petrece ac?iunea ?i farmecul personajelor." - New York Times Book ReReview"Reapari?ia Flaviei ?i ofer? autoarei Donna Leon ocazia de a-?i exprima profunda dragoste pentru muzic? ?i de a construi o scen? magnific? ?ntre Flavia ?i admiratorul ei, scena ce reia finalul operei Tosca." - Booklist"Stilul elegant ?i expresiv al romanelor Donnei Leon face pentru Vene?ia ceea ce a f?cut Canaletto cu pensula ?i paleta de culori pentru cel mai seren dintre ora?e." - Daily Express

Cred c niciodat scrisul nu mi-a produs atta plcere ca atunci cnd am scris ultima parte a romanului Noapte i zi.“ – Virginia Woolf Noapte i zi este libretul perfect al unei opere clasice n maniera comic, dar melancolic a lui Mozart, cu un oarecare adaos de disonane stilistice – cum st bine unui text modern.“ – Jane Marcus Romanul acesta mi pare a fi un exerciiu deliberat clasicizant. Conine tot ceea ce a caracterizat proza romanesc englez n ultimii o sut cincizeci de ani: ncredere n relaiile personale, recursul la scene umoristice secundare, accentul pe diferenierile sociale nesemnificative.“ – E.M. Forster Virginia Woolf a fost o mare scriitoare. Vocea ei este unic, la fel ca stilul ei. Opera ei exercit o influen activ asupra scriitorilor i una subtil asupra a ceea ce ne-am obinuit s ateptm de la literatura modern. [...] A fost o inovatoare care a redefinit romanul i a deschis calea evoluiilor sale ulterioare.“ – Jeanette Winterson Clasici moderni Litera pune laolalt scriitori moderni ale cror opere au devenit deja repere clasice. Cele mai importante, mai provocatoare, mai emoionante, mai revoluionare opere din ultimii 125 de ani – cri care vor continua s fie citite de la o generaie la alta.

Englezii nu au nici un respect fa de limba lor i nu sunt interesai s-i nvee copiii s-o vorbeasc. Ortografia lor este att de oribil, nct nici nu om nu poate nva s pronune dup ea.“ – G. Bernard Shaw Pentru opera sa care este marcat de idealism i umanitate, pentru satira sa stimulatoare, plin de multe ori de o singular frumusee poetic.“ – Comitetul Nobel Cei mai muli oameni spun c i dau dreptate lui Bernard Shaw sau c nu-l neleg. Eu sunt singurul care-l nelege i nu-i dau dreptate. – C.K. Chesterton Cu privirea sa ptrunztoare, dramaturgul vede c, de cele mai multe ori, o serie de achiziii superficiale – mbrcmintea, limbajul, purtrile, stilul de via – sunt cele care acord de fapt individului statutul social considerat cu mndrie un drept al posesorului: i i rde de asta, ca democrat i socialist, cam la fel cum Molière i rde de una sau de alta dintre profesiile liberale.“ – R.E. Burton

Numele provine de la regina francez? care a avut degetele la picioare unite cu o membran?, ca laba g??tei. Cartea este p?truns? de o filozofie dubl? a vie?ii: cea real? ?i cea denaturat?, care dore?te ?a ?ntoarce sfintele scripturi cu capul ?n jos“, dup? cum ne l?mure?te ilustrul autor. Eroii romanului ??i permit s? filozofeze la mesele slinoase ale acestui ?i altor edificii, cu osp?tari, buc?tari ?i mufloni veseli.Cartea descrie tribula?iile unui t?n?r la ?nceputul veacului al XVIII-lea, Jacques Ménétrier, fiul unui osp?tar. Primind oarece ?tiin?? de carte de la un calug?r capucin, b?iatul ?l va ?nlocui pe motanul Miraut ?n misiunea de a r?suci ?epu?a pe care sunt puse p?s?rile la frigare. Intr? apoi sub protec?ia abatelui Coignard, care ?l reboteaz? Jacobus Tournebroche ?i ?l ?nva?? latina ?i greaca. Sunt angaja?i de un alchimist aflat ?n c?utarea salamandrelor ?i a silfidelor mitice ?n textele antice ale autorilor alchimi?ti. Vor ?nt?lni personaje pitore?ti precum: un alchimist, dou? femei frivole, un capucin vagabond, un b?tr?n evreu gelos. T?n?rul va face o c?l?torie ini?iatic?, ?n care va cunoa?te dragostea ?i gelozia, ?nainte de a reveni ?n s?nul familiei ?i a deveni librar.

Din cauza unui denun? calomnios ?i a unui magistrat corupt, Edmond Dantès este arestat pentru tr?dare ?i condamnat f?r? proces la ?nchisoare pe via??. Aruncat ?n izolarea unei carcere, aflat ?n pragul sinuciderii, ?nt?lne?te un alt prizonier, care ?i ofer?, de-a lungul anilor, nu numai o educa?ie aleas?, ci ?i mijloacele de a se r?zbuna. ?i r?m?ne doar s? g?seasc? o cale ingenioas? de a evada din ?nchisoare…

Biblioteca pentru toi copiii“ cuprinde cele mai preuite opere ale scriitorilor clasici ai literaturii romne i universale. Crile de neuitat ale copilriei sunt disponibile astzi si in format e-book.Publicat n 42 de limbi, aceast carte este una dintre cele mai traduse opere dup Biblie.Alice a existat cu adevrat. Avea doar trei-patru ani i era cea mai drgla i mai istea dintre cele trei fetie ale decanului Universitii din Oxford, cu care tnrul profesor de matematic Charles L. Dodgson se mprietenise pe vremea cnd lucra ca ajutor de bibliotecar. La dorina micii sale prietene favorite acesta a scris, sub pseudonimul devenit celebru, basmul pe care i-l povestise n timpul unei plimbri cu barca, ntr-o zi de iulie a anului 1862.Multe generaii de copii i de oameni mari“ au sorbit i vor mai sorbi nc, fermecai, povestea din ara Minunilor, i, de la 1865 ncoace, aceast poveste a devenit n Anglia cartea de literatur poate cea mai rspndit.