- Paperback: 176 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Classics; New Ed edition (27 Sep 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140620877
- ISBN-13: 978-0140620870
- Product Dimensions: 18 x 1.2 x 11.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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- #40 in Books > Children's Books > Authors & Illustrators > C > Carroll, Lewis
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Features dream worlds of nonsensical Wonderland and the back-to-front Looking-Glass kingdom, which depict order turned upside-down - a baby turns into a pig; time is abandoned at a disordered tea-party; and a chaotic game of chess makes a seven-year-old girl a Queen.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is deservedly a classic and very successful. Alice Through the Looking Glass is the sequel to the much-loved Alice in Wonderland.
This time, Alice finds herself on a giant chess board in a backwards universe. She encounters flowers that talk, Humpty Dumpty and his nonsense, a loud snorer, Tweedledum and Tweedledee arguing, an knight inventing nonsensical items and very strange species of insects.
It's in this world that Alice is on her quest to the end of the chess board to become a queen. The book is packed with Poems, such as the classic The Walrus and the Carpenter, and the Knight's poem that has several names. Alice hears of the White Queen's logic: 'Jam tomorrow, jam yesterday but never jam today' and the way that she travels backwards (she starts screaming and then later she pricks her finger with a pin).
Overall, an excellent piece of nonsense with humour and poetry aside. I'm sure even adults would enjoy dwelling on the concepts Alice Through the Looking Glass describes.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Some will debate whether "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" is the better of the two, or if "Through the Looking-Glass (and What Alice Found There)" is one of those instances where the sequel is better than the original. For myself, I think that Lewis Carroll (a.k.a Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) produced a work that so evenly matches its predecessor that readers have a difficult time remembering which characters and adventures take place in which story, and quite often people simply refer to the pair of them instead of the individual stories.
Published originally in 1871, six years after the first book, "Through the Looking-Glass" takes place six months later in terms of the time which has passed for Alice. As with the first book, there are themes which run throughout Alice's adventure. Mirror image is certainly a key theme, both in terms of things which appear the same as well as being the opposite. Alice travels through the looking-glass, much of these adventures take place on a chessboard, where the white and red pieces mirror each other. Tweedledum and Tweedledee are mirrors of each other. There are also mirrors between the second and first book, obviously with Alice herself, and then the use of games in each story, involving two colors and Kings and Queens.
The book opens with Alice talking to her cats and deciding to try to go through the looking-glass, which she does and then she finds the poem "Jabberwocky" which she has to read with the use of a mirror. From there Alice goes outside and as with the first story she is attracted by a garden in the distance, and as with the first book, there are obsticles on her way there. She then meets the Red Queen which results in her joining the game of chess as a White Pawn. The rest of the story is loosely based on her adventures in each of the squares as she eventually becomes a White Queen.
As with the first book, there are wonderful word play and logic games throughout the smaller adventures in this book. While there are certainly similarities between this book and the first one, including Alice's attitude at the end of each, Carroll makes it different enough that one doesn't feel as if they have read it before. The verses in this book are longer than the first book, and I would say that is to the advantage of this work. They are wonderful as well, starting with "Jabberwocky" and going on to "The Walrus and the Carpenter" and of course the other pieces recited by Humpty Dumpty and the White Knight, they are all wonderful. One can't go higher than five stars though, so there you are.
Published originally in 1871, six years after the first book, "Through the Looking-Glass" takes place six months later in terms of the time which has passed for Alice. As with the first book, there are themes which run throughout Alice's adventure. Mirror image is certainly a key theme, both in terms of things which appear the same as well as being the opposite. Alice travels through the looking-glass, much of these adventures take place on a chessboard, where the white and red pieces mirror each other. Tweedledum and Tweedledee are mirrors of each other. There are also mirrors between the second and first book, obviously with Alice herself, and then the use of games in each story, involving two colors and Kings and Queens.
The book opens with Alice talking to her cats and deciding to try to go through the looking-glass, which she does and then she finds the poem "Jabberwocky" which she has to read with the use of a mirror. From there Alice goes outside and as with the first story she is attracted by a garden in the distance, and as with the first book, there are obsticles on her way there. She then meets the Red Queen which results in her joining the game of chess as a White Pawn. The rest of the story is loosely based on her adventures in each of the squares as she eventually becomes a White Queen.
As with the first book, there are wonderful word play and logic games throughout the smaller adventures in this book. While there are certainly similarities between this book and the first one, including Alice's attitude at the end of each, Carroll makes it different enough that one doesn't feel as if they have read it before. The verses in this book are longer than the first book, and I would say that is to the advantage of this work. They are wonderful as well, starting with "Jabberwocky" and going on to "The Walrus and the Carpenter" and of course the other pieces recited by Humpty Dumpty and the White Knight, they are all wonderful. One can't go higher than five stars though, so there you are.
Format:Paperback
Well, I suppose I did get a reproduction of the original book, complete with Tenniel illustrations, which is what I wanted. But the quality! The illustrations are smudgy and hardly discernable. Alas Penguin - don't trade on your reputation. Once it's gone you won't be able to retrieve it.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Awesome
Came quckly, was in great condition, very cheap and so I'm very happy. :D As I need more words I will mention that the book was one of the best I have ever read 'cos Lewis Carroll... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Okiisama
lovely
Nice little book which arrived on time. Brought as a small gift for a friend who loves alice in wonderland and other penguin classics. Very ideal.
Published 16 months ago by C1992
Alice's Trip Through the Mirror is More Fun Than Her First Adventure
One cold afternoon, Alice starts day dreaming about what the world might look like through the looking glass. Read more
Published on 28 Oct 2009 by Mark Baker
Not a patch on Alice in Wonderland
Whilst this is still an enjoyable book, it doesn't have the magic of Alice in Wonderland and I couldn't help but feel slightly disappointed by it. Read more
Published on 25 Jun 2009 by K. Beeden
Soso
Though this book is not much better than Alice's Adventures, the chess motif and theme does make the book much more interesting. Read more
Published on 4 Dec 2008 by Steven R. McEvoy
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