From the same author of "Alice in Wonderland". Get ready to read the longest poem by Lewis Carroll and to enjoy the first verses created by him at the age of 13 to entertain his younger siblings. "Phantasmagoria" is a comedic and poetic conversation between a ghost and the homeowner, in which, amidst various subjects, the specter presents the behavioral rules of ghosts. In the second part, Carroll engages with various everyday issues such as sibling conflicts, matters of conscience, procra...

Ana, Bernardo e Celina são adolescentes. Amigos desde a infância, o trio A-Bê-Cê não se separa jamais. Desde pequenos, andam sempre juntos, e juntos vivem as experiências que a vida vai trazendo. Numa tarde comum, Ana sai de casa para se encontrar com a mãe. De repente, um outro encontro. Aquele que poderia não ter acontecido: Ana Lúcia e a bala. Uma bala (perdida?) encontra Ana Lúcia. A partir de um acontecimento que se tornou banal num país onde a violência faz parte do cotidiano, Caio R...

Poetry is a fascinating use of language. With almost a million words at its command it is not surprising that these Isles have produced some of the most beautiful, moving and descriptive verse through the centuries. In this series we look at a particular theme through the eyes and minds of our most gifted poets to bring you a unique poetic guide and here we look at The Poetry Of Nonsense. Each of us has giggled uncontrollably as a child or adult at some silly nothing, some play on words, s...

Master of gibberish Lewis Carroll brings his inventive style of writing to life once more in the collection "Jabberwocky and Other Poems." Though most famous for his creation of Wonderland and Alice's fall into the uncanny world of the nonsensical, Carroll used his wordsmithing ability to form inventive rhymes and lexicons in this collection. Words like "bandersnatch," "chortled," "tulgey," and even "Jabberwocky" are inventions of Carroll's mind. Many critics have searched for meanings in ...

Some would argue that Jane Austen was Englands finest authoress and it would be hard to argue against. The characters and sweep of the lives of the landed gentry and her grip on social commentary in Pride & Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility, Emma, Northanger Abbey are true testament to her greatness in a life of only 42 years. But here we present another facet of her talent; her poetry. Often overlooked and admittedly slim but revealing nonetheless. These poems are also available as an audiob...

When your woggles are all of a winkle, and your bruggles are chingle and spleed. What you need is a look in a honglemous book like this one its just what you need! This crazy collection of 44 wacky and wonderful works will have you giggling straight away. There are rhymes from many of the worlds most famous writers, such as Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear and Alexander Pope, and everything from lengthy poems such as Little Birds, The Walrus and the Carpenter, and the White Knights Song to a mul...

This wonderful illustrated collection of children's stories and nursery rhymes has been especially formatted for today's e-readers. Timeless classics are told in their traditional form - from Cinderella to Mother Hubbard, Tom Thumb to The Three Bears. A section of short nusery rhymes is also included, featuring classics such as The Queen of Hearts and Simple Simon, to forgotten rhymes about Snails with Horns...!

One of America’s most beloved poets, Edna St. Vincent Millay burst onto the literary scene at a very young age and won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1923. Her passionate lyrics and superbly crafted sonnets have thrilled generations of readers long after the notoriously bohemian lifestyle she led in Greenwich Village in the 1920s ceased to shock them. Millay’s refreshing frankness and cynicism and her ardent appetite for life still burn brightly on the page more than half a century after...

This carefully crafted ebook: “The Poetry Collections of Lewis Carroll” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Table of Contents:Early VersePuzzles from WonderlandPrologues to PlaysRhyme? And Reason?College Rhymes and Notes by an Oxford ChielAcrostics, Inscriptions and Other VersesThree Sunsets and Other PoemsThe Hunting of the SnarkCharles Lutwidge Dodgson better known by the pse...

He’s falling in love—and she’s falling over the edge of sanity. From the author of Beautiful and Clean, a “real and relatable” (VOYA) exploration of a romance marred by mental illness.What if I can’t ever be who you want me to be?Connor knows that Izzy will never fall in love with him the way he’s fallen for her. But somehow he’s been let into her crazy, exhilarating world and become her closest confidante. The closer the...

The sixth book of the award-winning and bestselling Sugar Plum Ballerinas series by Whoopi Goldberg—now featuring brand-new illustrations!At the Nutcracker School of Ballet in Harlem, young dancers learn to chassé, plié, and jeté with their Sugar Plum Sisters—but things don't always go to plan! As the girls encounter challenges both on and off stage, they'll need the support of their classmates to carry them through with aplomb.Epatha knows she's the perfec...

" Early Verse. " Puzzles from Wonderland. " Prologues to Plays. " Rhyme? And Reason? " College Rhymes and Notes by an Oxford Chiel. " Acrostics, Inscriptions and Other Verses. " Three Sunsets and Other Poems.