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袩芯谢褞胁邪薪薪褟 薪邪 小薪邪褉泻邪
芦袩芯谢褞胁邪薪薪褟 薪邪 小薪邪褉泻邪禄 鈥� 锌芯械屑邪 袥褜褞褩褋邪 袣械褉褉芯谢邪, 薪邪锌懈褋邪薪邪 胁 1876 褉芯褑褨, 蟹褉邪蟹芯泻 谢褨褌械褉邪褌褍褉懈 邪斜褋褍褉写褍. 袨褋薪芯胁邪 褋褞卸械褌褍 鈥� 锌芯谢褞胁邪薪薪褟 泻芯屑邪薪写懈 蟹 写械胁'褟褌懈 芯褋褨斜 褨 斜芯斜褉邪 薪邪 褌邪褦屑薪懈褔芯谐芯 小薪邪褉泻邪.
"袩芯谢褞胁邪薪薪褟 薪邪 小薪邪褉泻邪" - 锌芯械屑邪谐芯薪褨褟 褍 胁芯褋褜屑懈 褋泻邪蟹邪褏. 袙懈写邪薪薪褟 写胁芯屑芯胁薪械. 袦褨褋褌懈褌褜 褋谢芯胁薪懈泻.
"袩芯谢褞胁邪薪薪褟 薪邪 小薪邪褉泻邪" - 锌芯械屑邪谐芯薪褨褟 褍 胁芯褋褜屑懈 褋泻邪蟹邪褏. 袙懈写邪薪薪褟 写胁芯屑芯胁薪械. 袦褨褋褌懈褌褜 褋谢芯胁薪懈泻.
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First published January 1, 1876
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About the author
Lewis Carroll
5,522听books8,217听followersThe Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known by the pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican clergyman and photographer.
His most famous writings are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass as well as the poems "The Hunting of the Snark" and "Jabberwocky", all considered to be within the genre of literary nonsense.
Oxford scholar, Church of England Deacon, University Lecturer in Mathematics and Logic, academic author of learned theses, gifted pioneer of portrait photography, colourful writer of imaginative genius and yet a shy and pedantic man, Lewis Carroll stands pre-eminent in the pantheon of inventive literary geniuses.
He also has works published under his real name.
His most famous writings are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass as well as the poems "The Hunting of the Snark" and "Jabberwocky", all considered to be within the genre of literary nonsense.
Oxford scholar, Church of England Deacon, University Lecturer in Mathematics and Logic, academic author of learned theses, gifted pioneer of portrait photography, colourful writer of imaginative genius and yet a shy and pedantic man, Lewis Carroll stands pre-eminent in the pantheon of inventive literary geniuses.
He also has works published under his real name.
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July 30, 2017
Absolute nonsense, which is to be expected with Carroll. I love how his writing brings me back to being a kid again. Obviously loved it!
February 17, 2022
The narrative poem is great fun, albeit not as startlingly so as the more famous . However, I was given this because it鈥檚 the 1941 version illustrated by , my favourite author, whose illustrations I also love (see my Gormenghast-related shelf, HERE). My rating is for the combination of words and pictures.
You could analyse the meaning of this poem ad infinitum, including whether it has one - or needs one. I expect people have, and that they enjoyed doing so. However, I just relished the exuberant, and sometimes surprisingly clever, silliness of it all, without wanting to dissect it too much.
Plot
There鈥檚 a clear but nonsensical plot: a fantastical quest with a blank map.
It is packed with non-sequiturs and odd combinations. Snarks get up late, are slow to get jokes, are fond of bathing machines, and while most 鈥渄o no manner of harm鈥�, some are Boojums, and that鈥檚 not good. Hunting them requires an odd selection of tools.
Image: Soap, smile, thimbles, and fork.
Cast
Bellman has a very motley crew: ten, including him, all named after their job, except the lace-making Beaver: Butcher, Baker, Barrister, Banker, and four barely mentioned: Boots, Broker, a maker of Bonnets, and, most bizarrely, a Billiard-marker (yes, maRker, not maker).
Image: Bellman, Beaver, and some of the crew.
Language
I understand the individual words and most of the sentences.
There are more than half a dozen words coined for Jabberwocky that convey meaning in a more visceral and elusive way.
And there are a few ordinary words used in less ordinary ways:
Poetry
The rhythm and rhyme scheme bounces along with familiarity, even though it鈥檚 not consistent.
A non-English speaker could enjoy listening to it.
All the verses are four lines, but some have an internal rhyme in the third, and if split there, the form is more like a .
Image: The porcine-faced Butcher teaching the Beaver.
Read it
You can read the whole poem, albeit without illustrations, .
Image: The Banker and a Bandersnatch.
Bonus sketches
Just shared on Instagram:
Image: "The Hunting of the Snark sketches by Mervyn Peake" ()
You could analyse the meaning of this poem ad infinitum, including whether it has one - or needs one. I expect people have, and that they enjoyed doing so. However, I just relished the exuberant, and sometimes surprisingly clever, silliness of it all, without wanting to dissect it too much.
Plot
There鈥檚 a clear but nonsensical plot: a fantastical quest with a blank map.
He had bought a large map representing the sea,
Without the least vestige of land:
And the crew were much pleased when they found it to be
A map they could all understand.
It is packed with non-sequiturs and odd combinations. Snarks get up late, are slow to get jokes, are fond of bathing machines, and while most 鈥渄o no manner of harm鈥�, some are Boojums, and that鈥檚 not good. Hunting them requires an odd selection of tools.
Image: Soap, smile, thimbles, and fork.
They sought it with thimbles, they sought it with care;
They pursued it with forks and hope;
They threatened its life with a railway-share;
They charmed it with smiles and soap.
Cast
Bellman has a very motley crew: ten, including him, all named after their job, except the lace-making Beaver: Butcher, Baker, Barrister, Banker, and four barely mentioned: Boots, Broker, a maker of Bonnets, and, most bizarrely, a Billiard-marker (yes, maRker, not maker).
Image: Bellman, Beaver, and some of the crew.
Language
I understand the individual words and most of the sentences.
There are more than half a dozen words coined for Jabberwocky that convey meaning in a more visceral and elusive way.
And there are a few ordinary words used in less ordinary ways:
And the Bellman cried 鈥淪ilence! Not even a shriek!鈥�
And excitedly tingled his bell.
Poetry
The rhythm and rhyme scheme bounces along with familiarity, even though it鈥檚 not consistent.
A non-English speaker could enjoy listening to it.
All the verses are four lines, but some have an internal rhyme in the third, and if split there, the form is more like a .
So engrossed was the Butcher, he heeded them not,
As he wrote with a pen in each hand,
And explained all the while in a popular style
Which the Beaver could well understand.
Image: The porcine-faced Butcher teaching the Beaver.
Read it
You can read the whole poem, albeit without illustrations, .
Image: The Banker and a Bandersnatch.
Bonus sketches
Just shared on Instagram:
Image: "The Hunting of the Snark sketches by Mervyn Peake" ()
September 23, 2014
"You must read this book!" the Reviewer cried,
As he searched for a suitable rhyme
But as long as he stole more than half of the words
He was sure he would get there in time.
The rest of this review is available elsewhere (the location cannot be given for 欧宝娱乐 policy reasons)
As he searched for a suitable rhyme
But as long as he stole more than half of the words
He was sure he would get there in time.
The rest of this review is available elsewhere (the location cannot be given for 欧宝娱乐 policy reasons)
July 6, 2022
In Carroll's prescient fable, the Bellman's crew, evidently the Conservative Party, set out on an ambitious voyage guided by a completely blank map. They are convinced that, if only they can find the right way to troll the opposition, their fortunes will be assured. But all too late they discover that the longed-for Snark is in fact a BoJo.
[Is this right? - Ed.]
[Is this right? - Ed.]
January 26, 2018
Well, I gave TV a chance today. However, I found Titanic, Terminator 3, reality shows and other stuff, so, those aren't real options for me. I have no sitcoms to watch right now. Although, I'm kind of tired of watching the same sitcoms/tv series all the time. There's nothing new now. Once Upon a Time is on, so that's a good background sound. What to do on a Saturday afternoon? Yes. Let's find something out of the ordinary to read. And what did I find? A brilliant, typical Carroll nonsense poem. I loved it. Such a unique and fascinating work, full of wit, mystery and absurdity. A bunch of weird men go to find an even weirder creature called Snark. Among those men, we have a Bellman, a Boots, a Barrister, a Broker, a Beaver, a Butcher who only can kill beavers and even a guy who forgot his name!
Well, I think it's funny, don't judge me. It's also amusing the way the Snark it's described. It seems we may have met a couple of Snarks in our lives.
I know I did!
Anyway, after reading this poem (it has beautiful illustrations, too), I started to search for meanings, a classic 鈥淲hat the hell did I just read?鈥� kind of questions. So this journey doesn't end with the last verse.
There are a couple of references from another poem written by Carroll, Jabberwocky, published in his novel , which I read years ago. I re-read it and it made me want to read the whole novel again! And no, there's no shame in that. 'Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again', another Lewis said. I never stopped reading those, anyway.
Jan 11, 14
* Also on .
He would answer to "Hi!" or to any loud cry,
Such as "Fry me!" or "Fritter my wig!"
To "What-you-may-call-um!" or "What-was-his-name!"
But especially "Thing-um-a-jig!"
Well, I think it's funny, don't judge me. It's also amusing the way the Snark it's described. It seems we may have met a couple of Snarks in our lives.
The third is its slowness in taking a jest.
Should you happen to venture on one,
It will sigh like a thing that is deeply distressed:
And it always looks grave at a pun.
I know I did!
Anyway, after reading this poem (it has beautiful illustrations, too), I started to search for meanings, a classic 鈥淲hat the hell did I just read?鈥� kind of questions. So this journey doesn't end with the last verse.
There are a couple of references from another poem written by Carroll, Jabberwocky, published in his novel , which I read years ago. I re-read it and it made me want to read the whole novel again! And no, there's no shame in that. 'Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again', another Lewis said. I never stopped reading those, anyway.
Jan 11, 14
* Also on .
December 28, 2017
The hunting of the snark, is something that ideally, should definitely be devoured in one sitting. This poem is a poem made of wit, but at the same time, it's pure nonsense. But the nonsense, I think, is what makes it so damn good.
I am a huge Alice in wonderland fan, but I had never gotten round to reading this. The poem is split into eight parts, and is titled, "An agony in eight fits" Now, the title is attractive in itself, regardless of the contents. Only Lewis Carroll would use such a title!
The verses and the rhymes certainly captivate the deliciousness of the imagination (if one will let it) I am that woman that as a child, used to have "The Jabberwocky" read as a bedtime story, who adores disappearing grinning cats, and, truly, really wants to jump down a rabbit hole. Yes, seriously. I do!
I am a huge Alice in wonderland fan, but I had never gotten round to reading this. The poem is split into eight parts, and is titled, "An agony in eight fits" Now, the title is attractive in itself, regardless of the contents. Only Lewis Carroll would use such a title!
The verses and the rhymes certainly captivate the deliciousness of the imagination (if one will let it) I am that woman that as a child, used to have "The Jabberwocky" read as a bedtime story, who adores disappearing grinning cats, and, truly, really wants to jump down a rabbit hole. Yes, seriously. I do!
January 9, 2012
Another book I picked up at the Tate last week in Liverpool. More of the Tove Jansson nostalgic illustrations and a beautiful edition which sat happily in my hands last night as I read it aloud in bed. Thank God i live alone. The wonderful tumble of Carroll's rythmic pulsing verse is such fun to burble out and some of the verses made me smile out loud
'He thought of his childhood, left far far behind-
That blissful and innocent state-
The sound so exactly recalled to his mind
A pencil that squeaks on a slate!'
or
'the method employed I would gladly explain,
while i have it so clear in my head,
If i had but the time and you had but the brain -
But much yet remains to be said'
Pure nonsense poetry would not satisfy me for a very long time but then it is never supposed to but this is a fun stopping off point between books of more mind taxing sense or more genuine sadness.
'He thought of his childhood, left far far behind-
That blissful and innocent state-
The sound so exactly recalled to his mind
A pencil that squeaks on a slate!'
or
'the method employed I would gladly explain,
while i have it so clear in my head,
If i had but the time and you had but the brain -
But much yet remains to be said'
Pure nonsense poetry would not satisfy me for a very long time but then it is never supposed to but this is a fun stopping off point between books of more mind taxing sense or more genuine sadness.
January 2, 2017
Lewis Carroll doesn't really need an introduction. Having brought us the fantastic world of Alice in Wonderland and its sequel, he is not only one of the most well-known authors of classic children's literature, but must have been one of the most inventive and imaginative people on the planet.
Apart from his novels, he also wrote this poem. I must admit to not having known about it. It was during my visit to Munich where I met Chris Riddell that I found out about The Hunting of the Snark since this pretty little edition was illustrated by the Children's Laureate (his publisher, Macmillan, has been Carroll's publisher so I think that is how this project came about) and some of the illustrations were shown in Munich.
The poem is about a merry and very quirky band of people hunting for the elusive Snark.
They aren't really equipped for the job, there's lots of silliness and downright nonsense (signature Carroll) but all in good fun and beautiful rhymes. After seven "fits" we come to a somewhat abrupt and weird ending.
But that's the greatest thing about Carroll: there is no limit to one's imagination and he wants you to use it ALL.
As Dr. Seuss once said: 鈥淚 like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells.鈥�
This poem definitely does just that with all the different characters, places and ideas that were mixed together here.
Apart from his novels, he also wrote this poem. I must admit to not having known about it. It was during my visit to Munich where I met Chris Riddell that I found out about The Hunting of the Snark since this pretty little edition was illustrated by the Children's Laureate (his publisher, Macmillan, has been Carroll's publisher so I think that is how this project came about) and some of the illustrations were shown in Munich.
The poem is about a merry and very quirky band of people hunting for the elusive Snark.
They sought it with thimbles, they sought it with care;
They persued it with forks and hope;
They threatened its life with a railway-share;
They charmed it with smiles and soap.
They aren't really equipped for the job, there's lots of silliness and downright nonsense (signature Carroll) but all in good fun and beautiful rhymes. After seven "fits" we come to a somewhat abrupt and weird ending.
But that's the greatest thing about Carroll: there is no limit to one's imagination and he wants you to use it ALL.
As Dr. Seuss once said: 鈥淚 like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells.鈥�
This poem definitely does just that with all the different characters, places and ideas that were mixed together here.
January 16, 2021
"For the Snark WAS a Boojum, you see."
Technically the above quote is a spoiler, but I'm not going to tag it. It makes the exact same amount of sense in context that it makes out of context, which is to say none. And that is precisely what Carroll intended.
This "agony in eight fits" follows a group of adventurers - including a bellman, a banker, a butcher, and a beaver with a gift for sewing - braving the high seas and uncharted lands to find a beast (or bird, the text doesn't exactly clarify) called a Snark. Why do they need the Snark? What will they do if they catch it? The poem has no idea, nor does it care. It's probably intended to spoof lengthy adventure poems like "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner."
(I wonder if the sewing Beaver in this inspired the sewing Beaver in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. )
If you enjoyed the bizarre poems from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass , you will definitely enjoy this. Weird, funny, and full of Carroll's signature made-up words and zaniness. Recommended.
Technically the above quote is a spoiler, but I'm not going to tag it. It makes the exact same amount of sense in context that it makes out of context, which is to say none. And that is precisely what Carroll intended.
This "agony in eight fits" follows a group of adventurers - including a bellman, a banker, a butcher, and a beaver with a gift for sewing - braving the high seas and uncharted lands to find a beast (or bird, the text doesn't exactly clarify) called a Snark. Why do they need the Snark? What will they do if they catch it? The poem has no idea, nor does it care. It's probably intended to spoof lengthy adventure poems like "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner."
(I wonder if the sewing Beaver in this inspired the sewing Beaver in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. )
If you enjoyed the bizarre poems from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass , you will definitely enjoy this. Weird, funny, and full of Carroll's signature made-up words and zaniness. Recommended.
April 14, 2024
褖械 芯写薪邪 锌褉械泻褉邪褋薪邪, 褎褨谢芯谢芯谐褨褔薪芯 胁懈泄芯斜懈褋褌邪 泻邪蟹泻邪, 锌褨褋谢褟 褟泻芯褩 褟 蟹褉芯蟹褍屑褨谢邪, 褖芯 锌褉芯褔懈褌邪谢邪 胁褋械 锌械褉械泻谢邪写械薪械 褍泻褉邪褩薪褋褜泻芯褞 褍 谢褜褞褩褋邪 褌邪 蟹 褨薪褎芯褉屑邪褑褨泄薪芯褩 谐芯谢芯写褍褏懈 薪邪斜褉邪谢邪 褍 锌芯褕褍泻芯胁懈泻褍 芦lewis carroll reddit禄. 泻褉邪褖械 斜 薪械 薪邪斜懈褉邪谢邪 馃珷
February 5, 2015
"孝械 谐芯 斜褍写械褏邪 褋 泻懈褎谢懈褔泻懈, 斜褍写械褏邪 褋 谢械写,
褌械 谐芯 斜褍写械褏邪 褋 屑械写 懈 谐芯褉褔懈褑邪,
褌械 谐芯 斜褍写械褏邪 褋 褌褉芯褋泻芯褌 懈 屑褗写褗褉 褋褗胁械褌 -
懈 褋 褔懈褋谢邪 胁 薪械锌芯薪褟褌薪邪 褉械写懈褑邪..."
袝写薪芯 薪邪泄-褏褍斜邪胁懈褌械 薪械褖邪, 泻芯懈褌芯 薪褟泻芯谐邪 褋褗屑 褔械谢邪. 袣芯谐邪褌芯 屑薪芯谐芯 褍屑械薪 懈 薪邪褔械褌械薪 褔芯胁械泻 褉邪蟹泻邪蟹胁邪 写懈胁芯褌懈懈 褋 薪芯薪褕邪谢邪薪褌械薪 胁懈写 懈 懈屑邪屑械 泻褗褋屑械褌邪 写邪 谐芯 锌褉械胁械写械 屑薪芯谐芯 褍屑械薪 懈 薪邪褔械褌械薪 褔芯胁械泻, 锌芯谢芯卸械薪懈械褌芯 褋褌邪胁邪 薪械褍写褗褉卸懈屑芯 褉邪写芯褋褌薪芯. 袛邪 薪械 谐芯胁芯褉懈屑 邪泻芯 褑械谢懈 写胁邪屑邪 屑薪芯谐芯 褍屑薪懈 懈 胁械褖懈 懈谢褞褋褌褉邪褌芯褉懈 褋邪 褋械 锌芯谐褉懈卸懈谢懈 写邪 械 懈薪褌械褉械褋薪芯 懈 蟹邪 芯泻芯褌芯.
袣邪褌芯 薪邪泄-写芯斜褉芯褌芯 芯褌 "袦芯薪褌懈 袩邪泄褌褗薪", 薪芯 胁 褔懈褋褌芯 谢懈褌械褉邪褌褍褉薪邪 胁械褉褋懈褟.
("袠 褌褍泻 袗写胁芯泻邪褌褗褌 褑懈褌懈褉邪 写械谢邪褌邪,
胁 泻芯懈褌芯 械写薪芯 锌谢械褌懈胁芯,
懈蟹胁械写械薪芯 胁 写芯胁芯写, 褌胁芯褉懈 锌褉邪胁械薪 锌芯胁芯写
薪邪 邪锌械谢邪褌懈胁薪芯 薪懈胁芯.")
"袧邪 谢芯胁 蟹邪 褋薪邪褉泻" 斜械蟹褑械谢薪芯 懈 薪械胁褗蟹屑褍褌懈屑芯 薪邪屑懈褉邪 懈谐谢邪褌邪 胁 泻褍锌邪褌邪 褋械薪芯, 褉邪蟹胁褗褉褌邪 褋械 薪邪芯泻芯谢芯 懈 褋 薪械褟 蟹邪泻邪褔邪 胁 褌褗谢锌邪褌邪 械写懈薪褋褌胁械薪懈褟 褔芯胁械泻 褋 斜械蟹褍屑械薪 谐褗写械谢, 芯褌 泻芯泄褌芯 褌褉褗谐胁邪 褌邪泻邪胁邪 胁褗谢薪邪 褋屑褟褏, 褔械 褋泻芯褉芯 褑械谢懈褟褌 褋胁褟褌 褋械 锌褉械胁懈胁邪 - 械泄 褌邪泻邪, 蟹邪 薪懈褖芯, 懈 胁褋械 锌邪泻...
袩褉芯褌懈胁芯锌芯泻邪蟹邪薪芯 蟹邪 褋薪邪褉泻芯胁械:
"袠 褌褉械褌芯, 褌芯泄 薪懈泻邪泻 薪械 械 写褍褏芯胁懈褌,
屑邪泻邪褉 写邪 锌芯谢邪谐邪 褋褌邪褉邪薪懈械.
袣邪谢邪屑斜褍褉邪 锌芯褋褉械褖邪 褋 斜械蟹锌芯屑芯褖械薪 胁懈写
懈 懈蟹锌褉邪褖邪 褕械谐懈褌械 褋 屑褗谢褔邪薪懈械."
P.S. 袨斜褟褋薪懈褌械谢薪懈褌械 斜械谢械卸泻懈 薪邪 袣褉懈褋褌懈薪 袛懈屑懈褌褉芯胁邪 屑懈 写芯褋褌邪胁懈褏邪 懈蟹泻谢褞褔懈褌械谢薪芯 褍写芯胁芯谢褋褌胁懈械. 袛芯褋褌芯泄薪芯 锌褉芯写褗谢卸械薪懈械 薪邪 屑邪泄褋褌芯褉褋泻邪褌邪 褉邪斜芯褌邪, 褋胁褗褉褕械薪邪 胁 锌褉械胁芯写邪.
P.P.S. 袩芯薪械卸械 袙小袠效袣袨 屑懈 褋械 褋褌芯褉懈 褋褗胁褗褉褕械薪芯, 褖械 泻邪卸邪 褋邪屑芯, 褔械 袩褉懈褋褌褗锌 褕械褋褌懈 械 械写懈薪褋褌胁械薪懈褟褌, 泻芯泄褌芯 褋褟泻邪褕 褋褗写褗褉卸邪 3 懈蟹泻谢褞褔械薪懈褟, 锌芯褌胁褗褉卸写邪胁邪褖懈 锌褉邪胁懈谢芯褌芯. 袧械 褋褗屑 褋懈谐褍褉薪邪, 褔械 薪邪 斜褗谢谐邪褉褋泻懈 "写械蟹械褉褌懈褉邪屑" 屑芯卸械 写邪 褋械 褍锌芯褌褉械斜懈 泻邪褌芯 锌褉械褏芯写械薪 (斜械蟹 锌褉械写谢芯谐) 懈 褋 屑褟褋褌芯 (锌褉邪褋械褌芯, "写械蟹械褉褌懈褉邪谢芯" 泻芯褔懈薪邪褌邪 褋懈). 袙 褋褗写械斜薪懈褌械 锌芯薪褟褌懈褟 - "写芯屑械薪" 懈 "卸褍褉懈" 屑懈 褋械 胁懈卸写邪褌 泻邪谢泻邪 芯褌 邪薪谐谢懈泄褋泻懈.
褌械 谐芯 斜褍写械褏邪 褋 屑械写 懈 谐芯褉褔懈褑邪,
褌械 谐芯 斜褍写械褏邪 褋 褌褉芯褋泻芯褌 懈 屑褗写褗褉 褋褗胁械褌 -
懈 褋 褔懈褋谢邪 胁 薪械锌芯薪褟褌薪邪 褉械写懈褑邪..."
袝写薪芯 薪邪泄-褏褍斜邪胁懈褌械 薪械褖邪, 泻芯懈褌芯 薪褟泻芯谐邪 褋褗屑 褔械谢邪. 袣芯谐邪褌芯 屑薪芯谐芯 褍屑械薪 懈 薪邪褔械褌械薪 褔芯胁械泻 褉邪蟹泻邪蟹胁邪 写懈胁芯褌懈懈 褋 薪芯薪褕邪谢邪薪褌械薪 胁懈写 懈 懈屑邪屑械 泻褗褋屑械褌邪 写邪 谐芯 锌褉械胁械写械 屑薪芯谐芯 褍屑械薪 懈 薪邪褔械褌械薪 褔芯胁械泻, 锌芯谢芯卸械薪懈械褌芯 褋褌邪胁邪 薪械褍写褗褉卸懈屑芯 褉邪写芯褋褌薪芯. 袛邪 薪械 谐芯胁芯褉懈屑 邪泻芯 褑械谢懈 写胁邪屑邪 屑薪芯谐芯 褍屑薪懈 懈 胁械褖懈 懈谢褞褋褌褉邪褌芯褉懈 褋邪 褋械 锌芯谐褉懈卸懈谢懈 写邪 械 懈薪褌械褉械褋薪芯 懈 蟹邪 芯泻芯褌芯.
袣邪褌芯 薪邪泄-写芯斜褉芯褌芯 芯褌 "袦芯薪褌懈 袩邪泄褌褗薪", 薪芯 胁 褔懈褋褌芯 谢懈褌械褉邪褌褍褉薪邪 胁械褉褋懈褟.
("袠 褌褍泻 袗写胁芯泻邪褌褗褌 褑懈褌懈褉邪 写械谢邪褌邪,
胁 泻芯懈褌芯 械写薪芯 锌谢械褌懈胁芯,
懈蟹胁械写械薪芯 胁 写芯胁芯写, 褌胁芯褉懈 锌褉邪胁械薪 锌芯胁芯写
薪邪 邪锌械谢邪褌懈胁薪芯 薪懈胁芯.")
"袧邪 谢芯胁 蟹邪 褋薪邪褉泻" 斜械蟹褑械谢薪芯 懈 薪械胁褗蟹屑褍褌懈屑芯 薪邪屑懈褉邪 懈谐谢邪褌邪 胁 泻褍锌邪褌邪 褋械薪芯, 褉邪蟹胁褗褉褌邪 褋械 薪邪芯泻芯谢芯 懈 褋 薪械褟 蟹邪泻邪褔邪 胁 褌褗谢锌邪褌邪 械写懈薪褋褌胁械薪懈褟 褔芯胁械泻 褋 斜械蟹褍屑械薪 谐褗写械谢, 芯褌 泻芯泄褌芯 褌褉褗谐胁邪 褌邪泻邪胁邪 胁褗谢薪邪 褋屑褟褏, 褔械 褋泻芯褉芯 褑械谢懈褟褌 褋胁褟褌 褋械 锌褉械胁懈胁邪 - 械泄 褌邪泻邪, 蟹邪 薪懈褖芯, 懈 胁褋械 锌邪泻...
袩褉芯褌懈胁芯锌芯泻邪蟹邪薪芯 蟹邪 褋薪邪褉泻芯胁械:
"袠 褌褉械褌芯, 褌芯泄 薪懈泻邪泻 薪械 械 写褍褏芯胁懈褌,
屑邪泻邪褉 写邪 锌芯谢邪谐邪 褋褌邪褉邪薪懈械.
袣邪谢邪屑斜褍褉邪 锌芯褋褉械褖邪 褋 斜械蟹锌芯屑芯褖械薪 胁懈写
懈 懈蟹锌褉邪褖邪 褕械谐懈褌械 褋 屑褗谢褔邪薪懈械."
P.S. 袨斜褟褋薪懈褌械谢薪懈褌械 斜械谢械卸泻懈 薪邪 袣褉懈褋褌懈薪 袛懈屑懈褌褉芯胁邪 屑懈 写芯褋褌邪胁懈褏邪 懈蟹泻谢褞褔懈褌械谢薪芯 褍写芯胁芯谢褋褌胁懈械. 袛芯褋褌芯泄薪芯 锌褉芯写褗谢卸械薪懈械 薪邪 屑邪泄褋褌芯褉褋泻邪褌邪 褉邪斜芯褌邪, 褋胁褗褉褕械薪邪 胁 锌褉械胁芯写邪.
P.P.S. 袩芯薪械卸械 袙小袠效袣袨 屑懈 褋械 褋褌芯褉懈 褋褗胁褗褉褕械薪芯, 褖械 泻邪卸邪 褋邪屑芯, 褔械 袩褉懈褋褌褗锌 褕械褋褌懈 械 械写懈薪褋褌胁械薪懈褟褌, 泻芯泄褌芯 褋褟泻邪褕 褋褗写褗褉卸邪 3 懈蟹泻谢褞褔械薪懈褟, 锌芯褌胁褗褉卸写邪胁邪褖懈 锌褉邪胁懈谢芯褌芯. 袧械 褋褗屑 褋懈谐褍褉薪邪, 褔械 薪邪 斜褗谢谐邪褉褋泻懈 "写械蟹械褉褌懈褉邪屑" 屑芯卸械 写邪 褋械 褍锌芯褌褉械斜懈 泻邪褌芯 锌褉械褏芯写械薪 (斜械蟹 锌褉械写谢芯谐) 懈 褋 屑褟褋褌芯 (锌褉邪褋械褌芯, "写械蟹械褉褌懈褉邪谢芯" 泻芯褔懈薪邪褌邪 褋懈). 袙 褋褗写械斜薪懈褌械 锌芯薪褟褌懈褟 - "写芯屑械薪" 懈 "卸褍褉懈" 屑懈 褋械 胁懈卸写邪褌 泻邪谢泻邪 芯褌 邪薪谐谢懈泄褋泻懈.
October 3, 2022
A great, bright, sparkly work of Victorian nonsense!
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April 1, 2013Great poem but the illustrator is a debauched, discombubulated fool whose asemic scribblings and ink-blottings cannot stand up to even the most puerile graphical ravings of a den of opium-besotted thuggees, or even the currently uber-hip artiste visually polluting the cover of the New Yorker. Which ever one's worst, that's the one that this artist is worserer than.
Frankly, I think there's something funny about the whole business and I wouldn't be surprised if there's prison time and/or stiff financial penalties comin' down the pike for a certain someone.
Frankly, I think there's something funny about the whole business and I wouldn't be surprised if there's prison time and/or stiff financial penalties comin' down the pike for a certain someone.
December 9, 2020
Mervyn Peake's illustrations for The Hunting of the Snark emphasise the absurd and grotesque elements of Carroll's verse, whilst those of Jansson its otherworldly and hauntingly ethereal aspects. Although Peake is just a shade ahead for me, I do love Jansson's take on this classic piece of nonsense.
October 16, 2022
La caccia allo Snark 猫 un poemetto di poche pagine, accompagnato da illustrazioni simpatiche e grottesche, dove una ciurma va alla ricerca dello sconosciuto Snark, un essere uscito da chiss脿 quale mente...
Sinceramente ho fatto davvero fatica ad entrare nella storia, letto e riletto diverse volte, specialmente l'inizio. Forse perch猫 quando una storia si svolge in poche frasi, 猫 difficile entrarne subito in sintonia, oppure perch猫 l'autore dissemina detto e non-detto a profusione o semplicemente perch猫 il non-sense qui 猫 molto marcato? Tutto insieme sar脿 la risposta?
Mi 猫 rimasto un po' l'amaro in bocca, perch猫 ero sempre l矛 a dirmi, "ora parte, ora si sblocca qualcosa, ora iniziamo ad entrare nella storia", come mi era successo con Alice, tuffandomi nella buca del Coniglio ed invece questa volta ne son rimasto in mezzo, come nel limbo, ascoltando la storia come da lontano.
Comunque son contento di averlo letto, perch猫 m'incuriosiva da tempo e la scrittura di Carroll 猫 sempre molto immaginifica e umoristica allo stesso tempo, con un sottofondo magico e disincantato che penso sia unico. Di certo legger貌 altro dell'autore!
Sinceramente ho fatto davvero fatica ad entrare nella storia, letto e riletto diverse volte, specialmente l'inizio. Forse perch猫 quando una storia si svolge in poche frasi, 猫 difficile entrarne subito in sintonia, oppure perch猫 l'autore dissemina detto e non-detto a profusione o semplicemente perch猫 il non-sense qui 猫 molto marcato? Tutto insieme sar脿 la risposta?
Mi 猫 rimasto un po' l'amaro in bocca, perch猫 ero sempre l矛 a dirmi, "ora parte, ora si sblocca qualcosa, ora iniziamo ad entrare nella storia", come mi era successo con Alice, tuffandomi nella buca del Coniglio ed invece questa volta ne son rimasto in mezzo, come nel limbo, ascoltando la storia come da lontano.
Comunque son contento di averlo letto, perch猫 m'incuriosiva da tempo e la scrittura di Carroll 猫 sempre molto immaginifica e umoristica allo stesso tempo, con un sottofondo magico e disincantato che penso sia unico. Di certo legger貌 altro dell'autore!
January 6, 2020
This was fun to listen to. Whimsical & used for many references today, it's worth the 30 minutes. I didn't listen to this edition, but this one is free. Mine was too since it was from the library. Narrated by Pierre Moreau. I see there is one narrated by Boris Karloff. I'm going to look around & see what others I can find. Definitely recommended!
The Wikipedia entry is worth reading, too.
The Wikipedia entry is worth reading, too.
September 27, 2017
The rhyme and verse are very pleasing. I like L.C. with his wide-grinning cats that disappear, jabberwocky, bandersnatch, and all, and so now it is on to this mysterious creature.
I had to reread the last part a few times, but it seems this creature has a special ability not mentioned. Some are perfectly safe in its company and some, are not.
I had to reread the last part a few times, but it seems this creature has a special ability not mentioned. Some are perfectly safe in its company and some, are not.
January 25, 2012
Five stars for both content, Lewis Carroll's sublimely weird nonsense epic about an ill-fated hunting mission by a group of bizarre characters, and edition, which contains Martin Gardner's playfully brilliant introduction, extensive annotations, and appendices. Carroll says of his eight fits of Snarkdom that there is no real symbolism- the Snark is just a Snark. Or more precisely, a Boojum. Numerous scholars have pooh-poohed this, arguing that no Victorian writer can understand how he is influenced by his time, insisting that the Snark-hunt is an analog for any number of human journeys that ultimately end in ruin (e.g., seeking material wealth or advanced social position, life in general). And Gardner gives their arguments due consideration, including a discursively hilarious parody of Snarxist academia in an appendix. But my favorite theory has to be Gardner's, that the Snark, to contemporary readers, most closely represents existential nonbeing, not so much because I agree with it, but because it perfectly captures the zeitgeist of 1962, when the world was one thumb on a button away from nuclear annihilation, or softly and suddenly vanishing away, not to be met with again. The annotations also offer good intellectual chills throughout. Gardner's edition is a must for any Carroll Lover.
August 29, 2020
Well, that was entertaining. I鈥檓 sure there is a lot of subtext that I鈥檓 missing, but just the perfect rhyming verses were fun to read. Not as many nonsense words as Jabberwocky, but a similarly silly poem.
January 9, 2018
Desconoc铆a la existencia de este libro/poema. La edici贸n que le铆 inclu铆a en la parte final un anexo de cartas muy informativo. Me gust贸 saber c贸mo se gest贸 las aventuras de Alicia en la cabeza del autor (me sorprendio saber que Carroll era meticuloso como yo). Algo que me choc贸 bastante, y me dio mucho pudor y un poco de 'gu谩laca', fue la forma en que Lewis se refer铆a a sus 'amiguitas', ni帽as de menos de 10 a帽os, pues lo hac铆a con tanta pasi贸n e idealizaci贸n que tendr铆a mucho sentido si es que -como se muestra en un documental de la BBC- era un ped贸filo (no confundir con pederasta. Pedofilia: atracci贸n er贸tica o sexual que una persona adulta siente hacia ni帽os o adolescentes / Pederastia: abuso sexual cometido con ni帽os.).
Cuando la verdadera Alicia de carne y hueso cuenta de que su madre le rompi贸 todas las cartas que Carroll le hab铆a mandado cuando a煤n ella era una ni帽a, enseguida pens茅 'mmmmmm' y me dieron 帽谩帽aras. Aunque no se sabe qu茅 pas贸, hubo un quiebre entre la familia de Alicia y el di谩cono (no era reverendo, aunque as铆 se le trataba) y yo sospecho que algo grave sucedi贸. El equipo de investigaci贸n de la BBC, que revis贸 acuciosamente material de archivo de Carroll que hab铆a quedado en el olvido, "descubri贸 una fotograf铆a que muestra a la hermana mayor de Alicia, Lorina, completamente desnuda y en una postura indecorosa. La imagen fue descubierta en un museo franc茅s y en ella aparece una inscripci贸n en la que se atribuye su autor铆a a Lewis Carroll". Yo sospecho que por ah铆 anda la cosa, eso pudo haber generado la ira de la madre y el quiebre definitivo con los padres de Alicia.
Dejando ese ''detallito'' aparte, solo puedo decir que las historias sinsentido, rid铆culas y/o est煤pidas -pero bien contadas- me encantan.
Cuando la verdadera Alicia de carne y hueso cuenta de que su madre le rompi贸 todas las cartas que Carroll le hab铆a mandado cuando a煤n ella era una ni帽a, enseguida pens茅 'mmmmmm' y me dieron 帽谩帽aras. Aunque no se sabe qu茅 pas贸, hubo un quiebre entre la familia de Alicia y el di谩cono (no era reverendo, aunque as铆 se le trataba) y yo sospecho que algo grave sucedi贸. El equipo de investigaci贸n de la BBC, que revis贸 acuciosamente material de archivo de Carroll que hab铆a quedado en el olvido, "descubri贸 una fotograf铆a que muestra a la hermana mayor de Alicia, Lorina, completamente desnuda y en una postura indecorosa. La imagen fue descubierta en un museo franc茅s y en ella aparece una inscripci贸n en la que se atribuye su autor铆a a Lewis Carroll". Yo sospecho que por ah铆 anda la cosa, eso pudo haber generado la ira de la madre y el quiebre definitivo con los padres de Alicia.
Dejando ese ''detallito'' aparte, solo puedo decir que las historias sinsentido, rid铆culas y/o est煤pidas -pero bien contadas- me encantan.
December 26, 2013
小懈谐褍褉薪芯 懈屑邪 屑薪芯谐芯 薪邪褔懈薪懈 写邪 褋械 胁谢褞斜懈褕 胁 薪芯薪褋械薪褋邪 (懈 锌芯-褌芯褔薪芯 胁 nonsense verse-a), 薪芯 屑芯褟褌 斜械褕械 锌褉械蟹 袝写褍邪褉写 袥懈褗褉, 袨谐写褗薪 袧邪褕 懈 袥褍懈褋 袣邪褉芯谢 - 懈屑械薪薪芯 褋 The Hunting of the Snark. 孝芯谢泻芯胁邪 锌褉懈褔褍写谢懈胁邪 褋锌谢邪胁 芯褌 懈褋泻褉械薪 褋屑褟褏 懈 薪械薪邪褌褉邪锌谢懈胁, 褋邪屑芯懈褉芯薪懈褔械薪 褋屑懈褋褗谢 褉褟写泻芯 褋械 褋褉械褖邪. 袧芯 写邪 薪械 褋械 芯褌锌谢械褋胁邪屑. "袧邪 谢芯胁 蟹邪 小薪邪褉泻" 薪邪 斜褗谢谐邪褉褋泻懈 械 懈褋褌懈薪褋泻芯 锌懈褉褕械褋褌胁芯! 袦邪泄褋褌芯褉褋泻懈 锌褉械胁械写械薪邪 芯褌泻褗屑 褉懈褌褗屑 懈 褋褌褗锌泻邪, 斜械蟹褍泻芯褉薪邪 胁 褉懈屑懈褌械 (邪 薪邪 屑械褋褌邪 懈蟹芯斜懈谢褋褌胁邪 芯褌 褌褟褏, 懈屑邪 懈 胁褗褌褉械褕薪芯褉械写芯胁懈 写邪卸械).
袣褉懈褋褌懈薪 袛懈屑懈褌褉芯胁邪, 锌褉械胁芯写邪褔; 袙谢邪写懈屑懈褉 孝褉械薪写邪褎懈谢芯胁, 褉械写邪泻褌芯褉. 楔邪锌泻懈 写芯谢褍!袧邪 斜褗谢谐邪褉褋泻芯褌芯 懈蟹写邪薪懈械 写邪胁邪屑 锌械褌 蟹胁械蟹写懈褔泻懈, 邪 薪械 4, 泻邪泻褌芯 薪邪 芯褉懈谐懈薪邪谢邪, 蟹邪褉邪写懈 薪邪写械卸写邪褌邪 锌芯胁械褔械 锌褉械泻褉邪褋薪懈 褔褍卸写懈 褌胁芯褉械薪懈褟 写邪 褋懈 薪邪屑械褉褟褌 褌邪泻邪 写芯斜褉械 屑褟褋褌芯褌芯 薪邪 褉芯写薪懈褟 薪懈 械蟹懈泻.
袣褉懈褋褌懈薪 袛懈屑懈褌褉芯胁邪, 锌褉械胁芯写邪褔; 袙谢邪写懈屑懈褉 孝褉械薪写邪褎懈谢芯胁, 褉械写邪泻褌芯褉. 楔邪锌泻懈 写芯谢褍!袧邪 斜褗谢谐邪褉褋泻芯褌芯 懈蟹写邪薪懈械 写邪胁邪屑 锌械褌 蟹胁械蟹写懈褔泻懈, 邪 薪械 4, 泻邪泻褌芯 薪邪 芯褉懈谐懈薪邪谢邪, 蟹邪褉邪写懈 薪邪写械卸写邪褌邪 锌芯胁械褔械 锌褉械泻褉邪褋薪懈 褔褍卸写懈 褌胁芯褉械薪懈褟 写邪 褋懈 薪邪屑械褉褟褌 褌邪泻邪 写芯斜褉械 屑褟褋褌芯褌芯 薪邪 褉芯写薪懈褟 薪懈 械蟹懈泻.
July 19, 2015
This is the epitome of nonsense verse and the measure by which I compare all others. The verse is beautifully and nimbly handled without sacrificing the humor or the nonsense.
My version has Martin Gardner's annotations which are helpful, but not necessary. Nonsense isn't supposed to make sense!
I highly recommend this book for adults, children, and pets. It is one of my favorite books that I've re-read several dozen times.
(Added note: Boris Karloff has an excellent reading of this that is available on Amazon as a download. I highly recommend it. He does a wonderful job capturing the spirit of the poem. And it's only 99 cents!)
My version has Martin Gardner's annotations which are helpful, but not necessary. Nonsense isn't supposed to make sense!
I highly recommend this book for adults, children, and pets. It is one of my favorite books that I've re-read several dozen times.
(Added note: Boris Karloff has an excellent reading of this that is available on Amazon as a download. I highly recommend it. He does a wonderful job capturing the spirit of the poem. And it's only 99 cents!)
April 28, 2018
This excellent "nonsense poem" by Lewis Carroll deserves all of its cult status and then some! This particular edition includes brilliant surrealistic illustrations by Mahendra Singh.
It is a perfect (necessary?) companion to his other classics "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass".
It is a perfect (necessary?) companion to his other classics "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass".
October 2, 2018
I read this because of multiple chapter epigraphs from the poem in The Gray House, by Mariam Petrosyan. Glad I did, I wouldn't have otherwise, I don't think. It's cute, funny, silly, the source of nonsense words we still use today, and quick!
July 14, 2014
Not this particular edition (which is cooler than the first one I read). I c9ollected various Carroll editions, so actually, I don't know which one I fell in love with first.
October 17, 2019
Zseni谩lis! Szakadtam! Ezt minden 茅vben el fogom olvasni. Olyan, mint valami teljesen v谩ratlan 茅s nagyvonal煤 jutalom, hogy vetted a f谩rads谩got megtanulni olvasni angolul.
April 27, 2016
He had bought a large map representing the sea,
Without the least vestige of land;
And the crew were much pleased when they found it to be
A map they could all understand.
The map, of course, is blank. Much of this poem is absence, but where The Jabberwocky fills absence with vague nonsense that somehow expands to suggest a world of dread, the story of the snark simply isn't, until it is, and that was not enough to carry the thing for me. However, this is a fun read, and as I'm turning it over I find the ending terrifying, just somehow anticlimactic. A Snark is not a Jabberwock, much as we might wish otherwise.
The illustrations by Lipchenko in this particular edition are gorgeous and well worth seeking out. (I regret that I am not enough of a techno wiz to put a sample in to see.)
Without the least vestige of land;
And the crew were much pleased when they found it to be
A map they could all understand.
The map, of course, is blank. Much of this poem is absence, but where The Jabberwocky fills absence with vague nonsense that somehow expands to suggest a world of dread, the story of the snark simply isn't, until it is, and that was not enough to carry the thing for me. However, this is a fun read, and as I'm turning it over I find the ending terrifying, just somehow anticlimactic. A Snark is not a Jabberwock, much as we might wish otherwise.
The illustrations by Lipchenko in this particular edition are gorgeous and well worth seeking out. (I regret that I am not enough of a techno wiz to put a sample in to see.)
December 14, 2020
The Hunting of the Snark, Lewis Carroll, 1876. Online here:
"I said it in Hebrew鈥擨 said it in Dutch鈥�
鈦營 said it in German and Greek:
鈥婤ut I wholly forgot (and it vexes me much)
鈦燭hat English is what you speak!"
"I said it in Hebrew鈥擨 said it in Dutch鈥�
鈦營 said it in German and Greek:
鈥婤ut I wholly forgot (and it vexes me much)
鈦燭hat English is what you speak!"
January 14, 2016
Peque帽o pero muy interesante. Lewis Carroll es de esos autores de los que hay que leer todo todo.
November 13, 2015
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