The Real Alice in Wonderland: A Role Model for the Ages Hardcover – March 2, 2010 by C.M. Rubin , Gabriella Rubin

Description

Author: C.M. Rubin

Brand: Authorhouse

Edition: 1st

Features:

• Used Book in Good Condition

Package Dimensions: 25x305x1157

Number Of Pages: 144

Release Date: 02-03-2010

Details: Product Description

Alice Pleasance Liddell inspired what is considered today to be the greatest children’s story of all time – Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland. Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland brought Alice Liddell and Lewis Carroll together forever. The story behind this story is a dramatic saga of a very creative, curious, and magnetic young girl who grew up to become a cultural icon and one of the most celebrated women of the last 100 years. It is a story of love, tragedy, duty, courage and loyalty to family and country – that will surprise and deeply move you.
In 2006, award-winning author C.M. Rubin and her daughter, Gabriella Rubin (who are related to the Liddell family), began an incredible journey to create the ultimate book about the original Alice in Wonderland’s life. Their grand pictorial, biographic vision for the book involved collecting photographs spanning two centuries, reaching out to many celebrated Alice in Wonderland artists (including Vik Muniz, Annie Liebovitz, Mark Steele, Lizzy Rockwell, Helen Oxenbury, Frances Broomfield, Jeanne Argent, David Cooper, Bruce Fuller, Tatiana Ianovskaia, Jewel, and Tom Otterness), and connecting with museums, libraries and schools around the world. The Real Alice in Wonderland book is told using never before seen pictures along with prominent voices from Alice’s lifetime and from the present day.  C.M. Rubin and her daughter Gabriella explore the theme of inspiration. Behind every great person there is the person who inspires and believes in him or her. The person who motivates them to realize their dreams. This magnificent cross-atlantic epic will fascinate you — it will make you think again: what does it mean to inspire?
The Real Alice In Wonderland book is dedicated to all those who inspire the minds and souls of human beings.

Review

The Real Alice in Wonderland is simply lovely.  The juxtaposed pictures of everything—from Oxford’s scenery to pictures of Alice to a host of story illustrations—captivate readers and drive the storyline.  This is a wonderful treatment of a biography and the format makes it widely accessible. Robbie Flowers – Voya Magazine

Filled with photographs, original artwork, archival material, and set against richly designed pages, this is a browser’s delight that gives both a sense of the times as well as a look at its subjects.  Ilene Cooper – Booklist
Filled with new and archival photos of locations integral to their lives, letters from Dodgson to Alice (and vice versa), much of the art and artistry that inspired and/or became part of the Wonderland universe, and much more, the book manages to not only share this grand adventure, but take you along for the ride as well. – Marc Eastman – “Are You Screaming?”

Readers will follow this title down the rabbit hole to discover the world of the real Alice who inspired Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland.  The book moves seamlessly through the life of Alice Pleasance Liddell from her childhood in the halls of the University of Oxford through her final days as a woman whose name was renowned—yet she had not even considered publishing an autobiography.

The Real Alice in Wonderland is simply lovely.  The juxtaposed pictures of everything—from Oxford’s scenery to pictures of Alice to a host of story illustrations—captivate readers and drive the storyline.  This is a wonderful treatment of a biography and the format makes it widely accessible.

The information is quite thorough:  the reader is guided through Alice’s family life as a child to her lost love with Prince Leopold and her humanitarian efforts.  This offering paints a full picture of Alice, not only as the child who has captivated literature, but as a woman who was truly ahead of her time.

This is a purchase that will do well with a range of people and should be offered as a standard accompaniment to Alice in Wonderland.  It would do well in a public library as the illustrations and pictures will make