John Bull's Adventures in the Fiscal Wonderland
Charles Geake
John Bull's Adventures in the Fiscal Wonderland is a novel by Charles Geake and Francis
Carruthers Gould, written in1904and published byMethuen& Co. of
London. It is a political parody of Lewis Carroll's two books, Alice's
Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass (1871).
The book features 48 drawings by Gould, after the originals by John Tenniel.
It is critical of the economic politics of the day, which John Bull tries to make sense of. A number of notable British politicians are identified in the book. Joseph Chamberlain is the Prefferwense, the Mad Hatter, the Cheshire Cat, and the Knave of Hearts; Arthur Balfour is the March Hare and Humpy Dumpy; the Earl of Rosebery is Tweedle-R., Henry Campbell-Bannerman is Twee-C.-B., Jesse Collings is the White Rabbit, and the Duke of Devonshire is the Dormouse.
Carruthers Gould, written in1904and published byMethuen& Co. of
London. It is a political parody of Lewis Carroll's two books, Alice's
Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass (1871).
The book features 48 drawings by Gould, after the originals by John Tenniel.
It is critical of the economic politics of the day, which John Bull tries to make sense of. A number of notable British politicians are identified in the book. Joseph Chamberlain is the Prefferwense, the Mad Hatter, the Cheshire Cat, and the Knave of Hearts; Arthur Balfour is the March Hare and Humpy Dumpy; the Earl of Rosebery is Tweedle-R., Henry Campbell-Bannerman is Twee-C.-B., Jesse Collings is the White Rabbit, and the Duke of Devonshire is the Dormouse.
Jahr:
2019
Verlag:
Methuen
Sprache:
english
Datei:
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IPFS:
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english, 2019
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