{"product_id":"lewis-carrolls-guide-for-insomniacs-hardcover","title":"Lewis Carroll's Guide for Insomniacs - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLewis Carroll\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGyles Brandreth\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHere is the perfect gift for all insomniacs: a feast of intriguing puzzles, rhymes, limericks, and other entertainments devised by the author of \u003ci\u003eAlice in Wonderland\u003c\/i\u003e to help pass what he called \"the wakeful hours.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The dilemma my friends suppose me to be in,\" said Lewis Carroll, author of \u003ci\u003eAlice in Wonderland\u003c\/i\u003e, \"has, for its two horns, the endurance of a sleepless night, and the adoption of some recipe for inducing sleep.\" In this delightful book, therefore, are collected a splendid variety of the things he devised to help rid himself of insomnia. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThey range from simple number problems and calming calculations to a number of whimsical activites: composing rhymes at midnight, conjuring up ghosts, planning dreams, devising shadow shows, and writing in the dark by means of Nyctograph. Take Carroll's advice and the \"wakeful hours\" can be turned to your advantage.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLewis Carroll\u003c\/b\u003e (1832-1898; pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) was born in 1832. The son of a clergyman, he became a clergyman himself in 1861, but preached only occasionally and spent his life as a don at Christ Church, Oxford, where he taught mathematics. He published \u003ci\u003eAlice in Wonderland\u003c\/i\u003e in 1865, when he was only 33, and its sequel \u003ci\u003eThrough the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There \u003c\/i\u003esix years later. He died in 1898 and is buried in Guilford, United Kingdom. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGyles Brandreth\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, broadcaster, actor, former MP and Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, and now Chancellor of the University of Chester. He has been a devotee of Lewis Carroll since he saw a production of \u003ci\u003eAlice Through the Looking-Glass\u003c\/i\u003e when he was seven. In the 1970s he created a one-man Lewis Carroll stage show and TV series for the entertainer Cyril Fletcher. In the 1980s he devised the Alice in Wonderland board game for the makers of Scrabble. More recently, with Sue Pearse, he created the musical \u003ci\u003eWonderland\u003c\/i\u003e about Charles Dodgson and his friendship with the actress Isa Bowman. In 2023, with descendants of the Dodgson family and the great-grandchildren of Alice Liddell (the original Alice), he unveiled a plaque at Folly Bridge in Oxford, on the bank of the river Isis, commemorating the boat trip that took place on 'the golden afternoon' of 4 July 1862 when the story of Alice's adventures was told for the first time.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.4 x 4.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 26, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51748852269344,"sku":"9781912559596","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c1d04f76f2a725c074a3671175aa0641.webp?v=1779918159","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/lewis-carrolls-guide-for-insomniacs-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}