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Lewis Carroll's "The Hunting of the Snark (An Agony in 8 Fits)" is a nonsense poem about a group of adventurers hunting a legendary beast. It borrows occasionally from Carroll's short poem "Jabberwocky" in Through the Looking Glass, (especially the poem's creatures and portmanteau words), but it is a stand-alone work, first published in 1876 by Macmillan. It is disputed whether Carroll had a young audience in mind when he wrote it, as the poem has no young protagonists, is rather dark, and does not end happily. In addition to the disappearance of the Baker, the Banker loses his sanity, an event that is described in detail. However, Carroll definitely thought the book was suitable for some children. Gertrude Chataway (1866–1951) was the most important child friend in the life of the author, after Alice Liddell. It was Gertrude who inspired The Hunting of the Snark, and the book is dedicated to her. Carroll first became friends with Gertrude in 1875, when she was aged nine, while on holiday at the English seaside. The Snark was published a year later. Upon the printing of the book, Carroll sent eighty signed copies to his favorite child friends. In a typical fashion, he signed them with short poems, many of them masterful acrostics of the child's name. Are you wondering what an e-book is? Click here | ||||||||||||
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