The Hunting of the Snark By Lewis Carroll Fit the First The Landing "Just the place for a Snark!" the Bellman cried, As he landed his crew with care; Supporting each man on the top of the tide By a finger entwined in his hair. "Just the place for a Snark! I have said it twice: That alone should encourage the crew. Just the place for a Snark! The Hunting of the Snark, subtitled An Agony, in Eight fits, is a poem by the English writer Lewis Carroll. It is typically categorised as a nonsense poem.
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A dedicatory poem that Carroll attached to the work contained an acrostic on the name of his then-favourite child friend, Gertrude Chataway, whose name is also found in the first words of each stanza of the poem: Girt, Rude, Chat, Away. The Hunting of the Snark Lewis Carroll 1832 (Daresbury) - 1898 (Guildford) Death Friendship Life Melancholy Nature Fit the First THE LANDING 'Just the place for a Snark!' the Bellman cried, As he landed his crew with care; Supporting each man on the top of the tide By a finger entwined in his hair. 'Just the place for a Snark! I have said it twice: The Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson used the pseudonym Lewis Carroll when he published The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits. Although this work is often called "nonsense verse". The Hunting of the Snark Lewis Carroll 4.03 6,350 ratings529 reviews This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1876 edition by Macmillan and Co., London. Genres Poetry Classics Fantasy Fiction Childrens Humor 19th Century.more 27 pages, Paperback First published January 1, 1876 Book details & editions About the author Lewis Carroll
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Project Gutenberg 72,481 free eBooks 35 by Lewis Carroll The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits by Lewis Carroll Read now or download (free!) Similar Books Readers also downloaded… In Children's Literature About this eBook Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers. The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits (1876) Lewis Carroll, illustrated by Henry Holiday Preface → sister projects: Wikipedia article, Commons category, quotes, Wikidata item. Listen to this text ( help | file info or download) First published in March 1876, this is a transcription of the first edition. The hunting of the snark : an agony in eight fits by Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898. Publication date 1876 Publisher London Macmillan Collection robarts; toronto Contributor Robarts - University of Toronto Language English. 26 Addeddate 2006-11-06 17:30:11 Call number ABC-9095 The Snark is a fictional animal species created by Lewis Carroll. This creature appears in his nonsense poem The Hunting of the Snark. His descriptions of the creatures were, in his own words, unimaginable, and he wanted that to remain so. [1] The origin of the poem
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LibriVox recording of The Hunting of the Snark, by Lewis Carroll. Read by Shawn Craig Smith. The Hunting of the Snark is a long nonsense poem by Lewis Carroll describing the adventures of ten weirdly assorted characters as they pursue an elusive creature known as a snark. (Summary by Shawn Craig Smith) In 1876 Lewis Carroll published by far his longest poem - a fantastical epic tale recounting the adventures of a bizarre troupe of nine tradesmen and a beaver. Carrollian scholar, Edward Wakeling, introduces The Hunting of the Snark . Published February 22, 2011
Title: The Hunting of the Snark An Agony in Eight Fits Author: Lewis Carroll Release Date: March 8, 1992 [eBook #13] [Most recently updated: October 24, 2021] Language: English Character set encoding: UTF-8 Produced by: David Widger *** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK *** THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK an Agony in Eight Fits 1876. [ The Right of Translation and Reproduction is Reserved.] LONDON: R. CLAY, SONS, AND TAYLOR, PRINTERS, BREAD STREET HILL. Inscribed to a dear Child: in memory of golden summer hours and whispers of a summer sea. Girt with a boyish garb for boyish task, Eager she wields her spade: yet loves as well Rest on a friendly knee, intent to ask
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The Hunting of the Snark (An Agony, in Eight Fits) (1874) by Lewis Carroll and illustrated by Henry Holiday is usually thought of as a nonsense poem. Just the place for a Snark! Quotes Chat on, sweet maid, and rescue from annoy Hearts that by wiser talk are unbeguiled! Ah, happy he who owns that tenderest joy, The heart-love of a child! The Hunting of the Snark, Lewis Carroll's classic masterpiece of nonsense verse, takes the reader on a wonderfully witty and inventive hunt for the ever-elusive Snark.The tantalizing mysteries of the poem are here perfectly matched in these brilliant new illustrations by artist Mahendra Singh, who has created a visual treasure hunt, full of riddles, puns, and allusions.
