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Льюис Кэрролл. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland. Lewis Carroll
History of Collins
Life & Times. About the Author
The Victorian Era
Themes of the Book
Table of Contents
Poem
CHAPTER 1 Down the Rabbit-Hole
CHAPTER 2 The Pool of Tears
CHAPTER 3 A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale
CHAPTER 4 The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill
CHAPTER 5 Advice from a Caterpillar
CHAPTER 6 Pig and Pepper
CHAPTER 7 A Mad Tea-Party
CHAPTER 8 The Queen’s Croquet-Ground
CHAPTER 9 The Mock Turtle’s Story
CHAPTER 10 The Lobster Quadrille
CHAPTER 11 Who Stole the Tarts?
CHAPTER 12 Alice’s Evidence
Classic Literature: Words and Phrases. adapted from the Collins English Dictionary
Copyright
About the Publisher
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In 1819, Millworker William Collins from Glasgow, Scotland, set up a company for printing and publishing pamphlets, sermons, hymn books and prayer books. That company was Collins and was to mark the birth of HarperCollins Publishers as we know it today. The long tradition of Collins dictionary publishing can be traced back to the first dictionary William published in 1824, Greek and English Lexicon. Indeed, from 1840 onwards, he began to produce illustrated dictionaries and even obtained a licence to print and publish the Bible.
Soon after, William published the first Collins novel, Ready Reckoner, however it was the time of the Long Depression, where harvests were poor, prices were high, potato crops had failed and violence was erupting in Europe. As a result, many factories across the country were forced to close down and William chose to retire in 1846, partly due to the hardships he was facing.
