From Nowhere to the North Pole
From Nowhere to the North Pole is an 1875 children's novel by English author Tom Hood. Hood's book was one of the many Alice in Wonderland imitations published in the 19th century.[1] In it the hero Frank has many strange adventures after falling asleep full of plum cake.
 Title page of the first edition. | |
| Author | Tom Hood |
|---|---|
| Country | England |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Chatto & Windus |
Publication date | 1875 |
| Pages | 232 |
Gallery
Illustrations by W. Brunton & E. C. Barnes.
"He saw a concourse of curious birds".
Brunton & Barnes, 1875.
"They soon reached the scene of the sports".
Notes
- Sigler, Carolyn (1997). Alternative Alices: Visions and Revisions of Lewis Carroll's Alice Books: An Anthology. University Press of Kentucky, p. 206.
Further reading
- Salmon, Edward (1887). "Literature for the Little Ones", The Nineteenth Century, Vol. XXII, pp. 563–580.
- Susina, Jan (2010). "Imitations of Alice: Lewis Carroll and the Anxiety of Influence." In: The Place of Lewis Carroll in Children's Literature. New York: Routledge.
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