The Hunting of the Snark

The Hunting of the Snark | Lewis Carroll

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I enjoyed listening to this poem on YouTube while following along on Poetry Foundation. Although I only read it because the next short story in a collection I'm reading is a retelling, I found the original delightfully funny. Now I'm looking forward to the retelling!

The Snark is apt for #creature #ScarathlonDailyPrompts

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schm8lyn

The Hunting of the Snark | Lewis Carroll

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Whimsical, as expected.

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Bookwomble

Hunting of the Snark | Lewis Carroll

I'm in fits... 🔔

GingerAntics I have a copy of this in Apple Books, I just haven‘t gotten around to it. It sounded right up my alley!!! 4y

Bookwomble @GingerAntics Tove's style compliments Carroll's verse well. 4y

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arlenefinnigan

The Hunting of the Snark | Lewis Carroll

#TheHunting #SoaringScores @Cinfhen @CrowCAH

Cinfhen Lewis Carroll must have been smoking some heavy weed back in the day 😜 5y

arlenefinnigan @Cinfhen yeah, re-reading Alice's Adventures in Wonderland as an adult is interesting 😉 5y

CrowCAH It‘s interesting that‘s it‘s written in poem format. 5y

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Aimeesue

The Hunting of the Snark | Lewis Carroll

Folio Edition, illustrated by QUENTIN BLAKE❤️❤️❤️
#Folio
#FolioFriday

Riveted_Reader_Melissa 💙 6y

jillrhudy That is SO CUTE 6y

LeahBergen Lovely! 6y

batsy Oooh 💕 6y

ephemeralwaltz Oooooh!!! 6y

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Bookwomble

Hunting of the Snark (Revised) | Lewis Carroll

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Peake's illustrations of this edition (ISBN: 0701106050) are detailed caricatures, grotesque and gothic while humorous and playful. An excellent complement to Carroll's nonsense verse.

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Bookwomble

Hunting of the Snark | Lewis Carroll

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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.

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LibrarianRyan

The Hunting of the Snark | Chris Riddell

Lewis Carroll illustrated by Chris riddle. Yes please.

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#CoverLove #MGedition

DivaDiane Oh, I love his illustrations! So quirky! 7y

LibrarianRyan @DivaDiane yes!👍🤓 7y

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elkeOriginal

The Hunting of the Snark | Chris Riddell

💙💛💙💛💙💛

TheLondonBookworm, scripturient

TheLondonBookworm 😍😍 that is so adorably sweet!!!!! I love it 8y

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elkeOriginal

The Hunting of the Snark | Chris Riddell

From Chris Riddell's Introduction:

'This book is nonsense and, like all the best nonsense, it makes a special kind of sense.'

😊💕

TheLondonBookworm, scripturient, DuckOfDoom

scripturient ❤️❤️ 8y

DuckOfDoom Looks great 😍 8y

TheLondonBookworm Did Chris Riddell write it too or just illustrate it? It's perfect nonsense :) 8y

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elkeOriginal

The Hunting of the Snark | Chris Riddell

What a delightful bit of nonsense I just received in the #bookmail! Red foil on cover, blue foil gilded page edges, CHRIS RIDDELL illustrations.
❤️😍❤️😍❤️😍❤️😍❤️

@TheLondonBookworm
@scripturient
@DuckOfDoom

scripturient 😍 8y

DuckOfDoom I am beginning to think I need not only a Neil Gaiman collection, but a Chris Riddell collection as well 😍 8y

elkeOriginal @DuckOfDoom Yup! I gave Neil his own bookcase 💕The good news is they overlap a bit: http://litsy.com/p/aGlNRE5XWjJ2 8y

TheLondonBookworm Okay ignore my previous comment I have now seen this 😂 of course it's Lewis Carroll and I am an idiot 😝 @DuckOfDoom I'm so behind you with the Riddell collection!! 8y

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