Friday, April 23, 2010

Original Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland manuscripts rock!

If you're a nerd like me you can't but love Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass for what that matters.
Maybe you worshipped the books, enjoyed some old films, gone mad with American McGee's Alice and despised the latest Disney movie. All of this don't stand a change with the original manuscript currently conserved in the collection of the British Library.
Thanks to the wonders of technology and the good deeds of the Library you can find the virtual copy of the book here. From the cover you can immerse into the manuscript and its awesome genuine illustrations. You can enlarge the single pages and even listen to the audio version of the text.
Imagine reading Carroll's masterwork for the first time with your tablet device (no I won't say the name of Sauron :D). What an experience could be to read directly the Author's handwriting and enjoy his own illustrations!


The version currently presented by the British Library doesn't use any fancy java or flash based tricks so your computer won't risk to take off because of the fans rotation. Linux user will be also able to enjoy the book without messing with any driver. Kudos to the British Library for this clean implementation.

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