Gillian Beer: Cambridge Literary Festival

Gillian Beer: Cambridge Literary Festival

Sunday 23 April 2017
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Festival Patron Gillian Beer unveils her new book Alice in Space – what a pleasure.

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She reveals the contexts within which the Alice books first lived, bringing back the zest to jokes lost over time and poignancy to hidden references. After the talk, you are welcome to enjoy the display of prints and drawings, including depictions of Alice by Ronald Searle, and a letter written by Lewis Carroll suggesting that society needs a unit of measurement for pleasure to consist of 'the pleasure felt in eating one penny bun in one minute’. In conversation with poet, Ruth Padel She reveals the contexts within which the Alice books first lived, bringing back the zest to jokes lost over time and poignancy to hidden references. After the talk, you are welcome to enjoy the display of prints and drawings, including depictions of Alice by Ronald Searle, and a letter written by Lewis Carroll suggesting that society needs a unit of measurement for pleasure to consist of 'the pleasure felt in eating one penny bun in one minute’.
 
In conversation with poet, Ruth Padel.
 
With thanks to The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
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45 Minutes