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by Lewis Carroll (Author), John Tenniel (Illustrator) "Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 400 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Classics; Rev Ed edition (27 Mar 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0141439769
  • ISBN-13: 978-0141439761
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 3.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,373 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Bored on a hot afternoon, Alice follows a White Rabbit down a rabbit-hole – without giving a thought about how she might get out. And so she tumbles into Wonderland: where animals answer back, a baby turns into a pig, time stands still at a disorderly tea party, croquet is played with hedgehogs and flamingos, and the Mock Turtle and Gryphon dance the Lobster Quadrille. In a land in which nothing is as it seems and cakes, potions and mushrooms can make her shrink to ten inches or grow to the size of a house, will Alice be able to find her way home again?

About the Author
Lewis Carroll was the pen-name of the Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. Born in 1832, he was educated at Rugby School and Christ Church, Oxford, where he was appointed lecturer in mathematics in 1855, and where he spent the rest of his life. In 1861 he took deacon's orders, but shyness and a constitutional stammer prevented him from seeking the priesthood. He never married, but was very fond of children and spent much time with them. His most famous works, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass (1872), were originally written for Alice Liddell, the daughter of the dean of his college. Charles Dodgson died of bronchitis in 1898.

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Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, "and what is the use of a book," thought Alice, "without pictures or conversations?"1 Read the first page
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful fantasy, 8 April 2009
By Jonathan Carr "joncarr" (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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You can help but fall in love with Alice as she snoozes in the sunshine. Out in the countryside, her brain melting in the heat, she sees a white rabbit go by worried that he's going to be late, and follows it down a hole.

The charm of the book lies in the way Alice responds to things. An endless fall, a bottle of poison and almost drowning in her own tears do not faze her. Characters who terrify others she dismisses and ridicules. Others who society ignores she dances with and looks after. In this way she is the perfect heroine, and a delight for children because they love it when adults are shown up as the fools they are.

Alice is one of those stories everyone thinks they have read, like the Bible, but when you actually read it there is so much more there than the unending tea party and the famous remark 'You're nothing but a pack of cards.' Carroll's investigation of snobbery, violence, drug-use and the madness of social life remain brilliant and relevant today.
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18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Pure genius, 27 Sep 2006
These are two of the greatest books ever written. They are, of course, not nonsense. They may have been written for children, but their appeal to any reasonably perceptive adult is so intense that those who have fallen under their spell can practically recite the entire texts of both. In fact, they constitute profoundly penetrating statements, or summaries, of the human condition: physical in Wonderland, and intellectual in Looking-Glass. They do not ramble. Every word, every incident, has been chosen with the utmost precision. Tenniel's illustrations are inspired perfection, and the result of prolonged and dedicated collaboration between author and artist. They will never be improved upon, although many have attempted to replace them with their own images. Wonderland is, in effect, an analysis of the significance and sensations of growth and discovery in the development of a human being, advancing from childhood into adolescence. Starting with the trauma of birth, it describes the experience of adjustment to the world of adults, but succeeds nevertheless in demonstrating that adult society is nothing but a construction of charades --- a house of cards. Looking-Glass raises perennial philosophical questions, such as what is reality? what do words actually mean? what is the nature of time, and identity? Does the world consist of as much anti-matter as matter? It is an extraordinarily compressed summary of the riddles of thought and existence. These works are absolute masterpieces of writing: two of the most sophisticated productions ever penned during the late Victorian era. At the same time they are uniquely readable, witty and amusing.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A nice edition, 14 Mar 2006
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There seems little point in describing at length the storyline of these books: despite never having previously read or to my knowledge seen the film adaptation as a 30-something year old first time reader so much of Alice in Wonderland is familiar I seem to have absorbed much of this through osmosis. Suffice to say the books are a heady mix of nonsense, word play, poetry and some occasionally painful puns. I slightly preferred the 2nd Alice book as it had a better structure thanks to the underlying story of Alice being a pawn in a chess game, whereas the first novel is very rambling. This is a great edition though, with all the original illustrations and an illuminating essay concerning the creation of the books and the authors’ frankly disturbing interest in young children. Fantastic enough to be enjoyed by children, while the use of language ensures adults can still get a great deal of fun out of this.
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