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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass

byLewis Carroll

Who is this book for? Readers who enjoy whimsical adventures, fantasy, and classic literature.

Topics ImaginationFantasyWhimsical adventuresAnthropomorphic charactersNonsensical worldChildhood curiosityFriendshipMythical creaturesLiterary nonsenseParallel worldsCuriosityChildhood
MoodWhimsical
Female protagonist
HumorOccasional Humor
'The Alices are the greatest nonsense ever written, and far greater, in my view, than most sense.' - Philip Pullman Collecting Alice's complete adventures, a source of delight to children and adults alike for generations, the Penguin Classics edition of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass is edited with an introduction and notes by Hugh Haughton. Conjured up one 'golden afternoon' in 1862 to entertain Alice Liddell, the daughter of the dean of Carroll's college, the dream worlds of nonsensical Wonderland and back-to-front Looking-Glass kingdom depict order turned upside-down. Following the white rabbit into his warren, Alice falls into a world where croquet is played with hedgehogs and flamingos, a baby turns into a pig, time runs amok at a the Mad Hatter's tea-party, a chaotic game of chess makes Alice a Queen and the Mock Turtle and Gryphon dance the Lobster Quadrille. But amongst the anarchic humour and sparkling wordplay, unforgettable characters, puzzles and riddles, are poignant moments of nostalgia for a lost childhood. Original and experimental, adapted into countless film and television versions as Alice in Wonderland, the Alice books give readers a window on both child and adult worlds. This is the most comprehensively annotated edition available and includes the manuscript version of Alice's Adventures Under Ground and Carroll's 1887 essay "Alice" on the stage.

Language

en

Published on

27/03/2003

Pages

400

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780141439761

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