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Sylvie and Bruno

Lewis Carroll

This unusual work weaves together two parallel narratives: a fairy tale set in the fantastical realm of Fairyland, and a social novel unfolding in Victorian Britain.

"Sylvie and Bruno" by Lewis Carroll is a novel. This unusual work weaves together two parallel narratives: a fairy tale set in the fantastical realm of Fairyland, and a social novel unfolding in Victorian Britain.

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—and then all the people cheered again, and one man, who was more excited than the rest, flung his hat high into the air, and shouted (as well as I could make out) “Who roar for the Sub-Warden?” Everybody roared, but whether it was for the Sub-Warden, or not, did not clearly appear: some were shouting “Bread!” and some “Taxes!”, but no one seemed to know what it was they really wanted.

All this I saw from the open window of the Warden's breakfast-saloon, looking across the shoulder of the Lord Chancellor, who had sprung to his feet the moment the shouting began, almost as if he had been expecting it, and had rushed to the window which commanded the best view of the market-place.

“What can it all mean?” he kept repeating to himself, as, with his hands clasped behind him, and his gown floating in the air, he paced rapidly up and down the room. “I never heard such shouting before—and at this time of the morning, too! And with such unanimity! Doesn't it strike you as very remarkable?”

Contents

  1. 01Sylvie and Bruno
  2. 02Chapter 1. Less Bread! More Taxes!
  3. 03Chapter 2. L'amie Inconnue.
  4. 04Chapter 3. Birthday-Presents.
  5. 05Chapter 4. A Cunning Conspiracy.
  6. 06Chapter 5. A Beggar's Palace.
  7. 07Chapter 6. The Magic Locket.
  8. 08Chapter 7. The Barons Embassy.
  9. 09Chapter 8. A Ride on a Lion.
  10. 10Chapter 9. A Jester and a Bear.
  11. 11Chapter 10. The Other Professor.
  12. 12Chapter 11. Peter and Paul.
  13. 13Chapter 12. A Musical Gardener.
  14. 14Chapter 13. A Visit to Dogland.
  15. 15Chapter 14. Fairy-Sylvie.
  16. 16Chapter 15. Bruno's Revenge.
  17. 17Chapter 16. A Changed Crocodile.
  18. 18Chapter 17. The Three Badgers.
  19. 19Chapter 18. Queer Street, Number Forty.
  20. 20Chapter 19. How to Make a Phlizz.
  21. 21Chapter 20. Light Come, Light Go.
  22. 22Chapter 21. Through the Ivory Door.
  23. 23Chapter 22. Crossing the Line.
  24. 24Chapter 23. An Outlandish Watch.
  25. 25Chapter 24. The Frogs' Birthday-Treat.
  26. 26Chapter 25. Looking Eastward.
  27. 27Preface.

About this edition

Author
Lewis Carroll
Era
Modern (c. 1800–1945)
Reading level
Introductory: no background needed
Formats
EPUB, PDF
Length
138 pages
This edition
Modern Philosophers