| | ѣ ● Sonja in a Kingdom of Wonder
A facsimile of the first Russian translation of Alices Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis Carroll
First edition, 2013. Illustrations by John Tenniel, 1865. Cathair na Mart: Evertype. ISBN 978-1-78201-040-1 (paperback, colour), price: €12.95, £10.95, $15.95. Petaluma: Lewis Carroll Society of North America, ISBN 978-0-930326-00-5 (hardcover, black-and-white).
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| , . ѣ , , -, , , ѣ . , . | | In that direction, the Cat said, waving its right paw around, lives a Hatter: and in that direction, waving the other paw, lives a March Hare. Visit either you like: theyre both mad. | | ѣ , ѣ . | | But I dont want to go among mad people, Alice remarked. | | ѣ, , ѣ ѣ , , , ѣ . | | Oh, you cant help that, said the Cat: were all mad here. Im mad. Youre mad. | | , ? ѣ ѣ, . | | How do you know Im mad? said Alice. | | , , ѣ . | | You must be, said the Cat, or you wouldn't have come here. |  |
The first Russian translation of Alices Adventures in Wonderland appeared in Moscow in 1879, fourteen years after the publication of original. It bore the title Sonja in a Kingdom of Wonder and was printed by Mamonovs Press. The text was printed in Old Russian orthography, using the old letters (that is, , ѣ, after consonant endings, etc.) that were abolished or changed for the present ones early in the twentieth century. No name of the author, illustrator, or translator appeared on the title page, and the identity of the translator is to this day a matter of speculation. There are now many Russian translations of Alice, but Sonja is the first, and the only one done within Carrolls lifetime, presumably with his knowledge, and thereby must be accorded a place of honour in the canon. This book has been published in two editions: a limited hardcover black-and-white facsimile printed for the Lewis Carroll Society of North America, and this paperback colour facsimile, part of Evertypes ever-growing set of translations of the Alice books. | | |
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