{"product_id":"sylvie-and-bruno","title":"Sylvie und Bruno","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if you drift between a quiet English village and a fairy court, never certain which world is real?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Lewis Carroll’s Sylvie and Bruno, an older, unnamed narrator slips between two worlds. In Elveston, he meets his friend Doctor Arthur Forester and the lively Lady Muriel Orme, whose circle talks about love, faith and good manners. Then village life gives way to a fairy court full of quarrels and plots, where two children offer a gentler way to live.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSylvie is sensible and caring; her little brother Bruno is stubborn, funny and full of sudden ideas. Around them, the absent-minded Professor devises strange inventions, while songs and word games interrupt solemn talk. As the worlds cross, Carroll brings questions of kindness and duty into his nonsense. The pleasure lies as much in these curious encounters as in discovering what happens next.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat you'll discover\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTwo worlds crossing\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow a narrator whose uncertain footing makes ordinary village life feel strange.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eKindness amid court quarrels\u003c\/strong\u003e – Meet Sylvie and Bruno, whose care for others stands against the fairy court’s plots.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Professor’s odd inventions\u003c\/strong\u003e – Enjoy a kindly scholar whose wandering mind turns solemn lectures into comedy.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLove beneath polite conversation\u003c\/strong\u003e – Spend time with Lady Muriel and Doctor Forester, where private feelings accompany talk of duty.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNonsense with serious questions\u003c\/strong\u003e – Find comic songs and playful language beside gentle arguments about how to live.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers who love Carroll’s wordplay, want to explore his serious side, and enjoy leisurely Victorian oddities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page and let Carroll lead you from village conversation into fairy-world wonder.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59534637400412,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/03583_en_ebook-front_c28.jpg?v=1792174990","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/de\/products\/sylvie-und-bruno","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}