Publisher's Synopsis
SYLVIE AND BRUNO / SYLVIE AND BRUNO CONCLUDED. (Complete: Vol. 1 & 2. - Illustrated & Annotated).- With 95 illustrations by Harry Furniss.- With annotations by Belle Moses: Lewis Carroll in Wonderland and at Home(The Story of his Life).Sylvie and Bruno, first published in 1889, and its second volume Sylvie and Bruno Concluded published in 1893, form the last novel by Lewis Carroll published during his lifetime. both volumes were illustrated by Harry Furniss. the novel has two main plots: one set in the real world at the time the book was published (the Victorian era), the other in the fantasy world of fairyland. while the latter plot is a fairy tale with many nonsense elements and poems, similar to Carroll's Alice books, the story set in Victorian Britain is a social novel, with its characters discussing various concepts and aspects of religion, society, philosophy and morality."Sylvie and Bruno is characterized by his peculiar and whimsical humor, his extravagant conceits, and the grotesqueness and inconsistency of plot, characters, and incidents in his stories.... It is a charming piece of work."-New York Sun."Mr. Furniss' illustrations, which are numerous, are at once graceful and full of humor. We pay him a high compliment when we say he proves himself a worthy successor to Mr. Tenniel in illustrating Mr. Lewis Carroll's books."-St. James's Gazette.
