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Article: Carroll, Lewis. Sylvie and Bruno.(Book Review) (book review)
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- School Library Journal
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- June 1, 2003
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Silvia y Bruno. tr. by Leonardo Domingo. illus. by Harry Furniss. Spain: Edhasa. (Los libros del tesoro). 2002. ISBN 84-350-4010-0. $39.
YA--This is a one-volume reprint of Carroll's novels Sylvie and Bruno, first published in 1889, and Sylvie and Bruno Concluded, published in 1893. These are among Carroll's lesser-known titles, and they were certainly less popular than the Alice in Wonderland books, even during the author's lifetime. These stories of fairy children who strive to do good are fairly didactic in intent and come from what was ...