This collection tells the stories of some of the most popular classical ballets. The tales are full of drama, excitement, and humour, from the fairytale splendour of The Song of the Nightingale and the classic romanticism of Swan Lake, to the rural comedy of The Girl who Needed Watching.
There was once a house that was full of mice. There were mice everywhere. They had lived there for years completely at peace - until the day the new cook came.
Dobrodružstvá Alici v Krajine zázrakov je román z roku 1865, ktorý napísal anglický matematik Charles Lutwidge Dodgson pod pseudonymom Lewis Carroll. Príbeh rozpráva o dievčati menom Alícia, ktoré spadne do králičej nory a ocitne sa vo fantastickom svete obývanom zvláštnymi, antropomorfnými bytosťami. Alícia je zvedavá a hľadá dobrodružstvo, pričom sa stretáva s rôznymi podivnými postavami, ako sú Hatter, Cheshire Cat a kráľovná srdcová. Kniha skúma témy identity, logiky a absurdity, pričom Alícia prechádza rôznymi surrealistickými situáciami, ktoré vyzývajú jej chápanie reality. Príbeh je známy svojou hravou jazykovou hrou a fantastickými obrazmi, ktoré podnecujú čitateľovu predstavivosť. Dobrodružstvá Alici v Krajine zázrakov zostávajú jedným z najvýznamnejších diel detskej literatúry a sú obľúbené medzi čitateľmi všetkých vekových kategórií.
This 1872 sequel to Lewis Carroll's beloved Alice's Adventures in Wonderland finds the inquisitive heroine in a fantastic land where everything is reversed. Looking-glass land, a topsy-turvy world lurking just behind the mirror over Alice's mantel, is a fantastic realm of live chessmen, madcap kings and queens, strange mythological creatures, talking flowers and puddings, and rude insects. Brooks and hedges divide the lush greenery of looking-glass land into a chessboard, where Alice becomes a pawn in a bizarre game of chess involving Humpty Dumpty, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, the Lion and the Unicorn, the White Knight, and other nursery-rhyme figures. Promised a crown when she reaches the eighth square, Alice perseveres through a surreal landscape of amusing characters that pelt her with riddles and humorous semantic quibbles and regale her with memorable poetry, including the oft-quoted "Jabberwocky." This handsome, inexpensive edition, featuring the original John Tenniel illustrations, makes available to today's readers a classic of juvenile literature long cherished for its humor, whimsy, and incomparable fantasy.