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The Hunting of the Snark

First published: 1876
Pages: 39

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In this gloriously absurd nonsense poem, an unlikely crew—including a Bellman, a Butcher, a Beaver, and a Baker—sets sail to hunt the elusive Snark, only to face the dreadful possibility that it may turn out to be a Boojum. Carroll spins pure logical lunacy into eight fitful cantos of invented words, dream-logic, and deadpan menace beneath the comedy. Beloved for its wit, rhythm, and delicious strangeness, The Hunting of the Snark is a masterpiece of literary nonsense that has delighted and puzzled readers for nearly 150 years. Playful, eerie, and endlessly quotable, it is a perfect companion to the Alice books from the great master of the wonderfully absurd.

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Lewis Carroll

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, poet, mathematician, photographer and reluctant Anglican deacon. His most notable works are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass (1871), some of the most important examples of Victorian literature.