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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass Paperback – November 24, 2010

by Lewis Carroll (Author)

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Carroll's most beloved fantasies appear here in full, unabridged form, accompanied by 85 vintage illustrations by John Tenniel from the original 1865 and 1872 editions. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland chronicles the events that follow after Alice chases a White Rabbit dressed in a waistcoat down a rabbit hole and into the fantastic kingdom of Wonderland. Here, Alice meets creatures armed with uncanny and often bewildering logic, from the hookah-smoking caterpillar to the grinning Cheshire Cat; all the way to the delightfully zany mad Hatter and the melancholy Mock Turtle. As she winds her way through Wonderland, encountering poetry and wordplay galore, Alice crosses paths with the terrible Queen of Hearts and wonders if and how she will ever get home. In the sequel, Through the Looking Glass, Alice escapes from her mundane existence at home and enters again into a world of wonder. Immediately she becomes a Pawn for the White Queen in a colossal chess match! As Alice races to the Eighth Square to be crowned Queen herself, she is helped and hindered by a variety of colorful characters. She meets quarrelsome brothers Tweedledee and Tweedledum, tangles with talking flowers and bizarre insects, and is aided by Humpty Dumpty in solving the mystery surrounding the dreaded Jabberwocky. Ultimately, Alice is sped on her way by the eccentric White Knight, only to find herself the guest of honor at a coronation party that quickly becomes too much to handle.

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3 - 7
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7.0 x 0.3 x 10.0
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Piccadilly Books
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2010
November 24
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1936709007
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978-1936709007
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Piccadilly Books (November 24, 2010)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 156 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1936709007
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1936709007
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 5+ years, from customers
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 3 - 7
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.9 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 0.33 x 10 inches

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MICHAEL J.COSTA

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Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2023

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Slip cover was blue. Still kept it.

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Bernie Gourley

Two trips into surreal worlds in which imagination is the only limit--all in one volume

Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2017

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These are two separate children’s books, but the edition I read is one of several in which they are bundled together. Besides the fact that each is only a little over 100 pages, they are conveniently bundled because they share the same lead character, Alice, and take place in similar (arguably the same) alternate realities: Wonderland and the Looking-Glass World. These are worlds in which strange events are common place and there’s little compulsion to behave logically-- worlds in which imagination rules and reality only provides a subconscious shaping of events.

In the former book, Alice enters the alternate world by tumbling down the rabbit hole and in the later she does so by stepping through a mirror (i.e. a looking-glass.) Each of these books follows Alice from her entry into the alternate reality, through a series of adventures, and then back to the real world.

Not much of a review is necessary because even though—given you are reading a review—you probably haven’t read the books yet, you will be familiar with many of the characters and references from widespread appearance in pop culture. I already mentioned the tumble down the rabbit hole, as does Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) in “The Matrix.” That movie also references chasing the white rabbit, as does a famous song by Grace Slick. You’ve also probably seen or heard references to the grin of the Cheshire Cat and the frenetic behavior of the Mad Hatter. “Through the Looking-Glass” features several well-known characters from English nursery rhymes (e.g. Tweedledee & Tweedledum as well as Humpty Dumpty.)

It’s also not so important to get into plot because the stories are purposefully chaotic and exist in a world of loose logic. The strings of causality are not so strong, but it’s on purpose. It’s supposed to be a strange and surreal world, and it achieves great success in this regard. Events don’t have to make sense; they just have to be imaginable. This doesn’t mean that there is no flow or transitions between the adventures in these books. There is. It’s more easily recognized in “Through the Looking-Glass” in which a game of chess provides an underlying structure for the unfolding of events.

I’d recommend everybody read these books. While I referred to them as “children’s books,” I also agree with Neil Gaiman’s point that that is a nonsense term. So one shouldn’t think one missed the boat and there is no going back.

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Wayne Sutton

A weird, yet enjoyable classic

Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2021

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I decided to read this little book due to some recent questions that I was having about perception and reality. With so many AIW references in “The Matrix” and other discussions about who and where we are, I decided to go down this rabbit hole (sorry, I had to do it) and revisit this classic. I have to admit, I had never read this “real” version before, only the kiddie versions in school, as well as heard the story told to me or watched multiple cartoons and movies on this tale. So while I knew what it was generally about, was not quite sure what to expect on paper.

This particular book has two parts- Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. I found the first part deep, weird, philosophical, and taking many notes on some of the memorable quotes, situations, and contexts. In “Through the Looking Glass”, I found it harder to follow, and just let myself go with the story and its absurdity. I think that was the point, but while the story in the first part was better, there were specific scenarios that kept a reader in attention- for example the word games, number games, crazy puns, and weird questions or statements that sound so crazy, you can’t believe how realistic it is. So I would highly recommend this classic as a great story, or a possible window, if you will, into learning more about yourself, perceptions, and the “wonderlands” that you expose yourself to.

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JFK

This is now my favorite of all time read!!!! I love it, love it and I love it so much!!

Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2023

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This is now my favorite of all time read!!!! I love it, love it and I love it so much!!

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Joanna Poppink

Never ending delight for us at any age!

Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2015

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Carroll's stories are playful challenges to logic, identity and issues of existence. In this reading I experienced Alice's adventures as a loving, continuously changing puzzle that forces a child (and readers) of rigid upbringing to expand consciousness.

The games, riddles, homophones and startling responses of characters force Alice to encounter, if not fully appreciate, a novel point of view. She also experiences awkward, frightening and near dangerous situations that force her to glimpse profound existential, emotional and philosophical experiences.

Carroll introduces Alice to different values, perspectives, environmental changes, personal transformations and questionable assumptions about attitudes as well as her own definition of herself.

Death is close at hand: The Red Queen's "off with her head" repetition, falling into oblivion, shrinking to almost nothing, near drowning, threat with being smoked out of Rabbit's house.

These skirmishes never put her in real harm's way, but she learns that danger is real. She also learns that she can look for external opportunities to help herself and can rely on her own wit and inner resources, e.g. find help, look for "poison" label, stand up for herself with the flowers, the caterpillar, the Red Queen, have internal conversations with herself about reality and walk away from impossible situations, e.g. the Tea Party and Tweedledee and Tweeledum's accelerating nonsense.

She deals with incredible points of view characters have about herself. To the caucus race participants she's the giver of the prize. To a bird she's a serpent. To the White Rabbit's neighbors she's a monster. To the Cheshire cat she's mad. To the Red Queen she's a subservient child. To the Caterpillar she is an unknown. To the flowers she is an ungainly wilting flower. She may not exist at all and only have gossamer substance in the Red King's dream.

Her challenge is be herself while she is undergoing change and challenge.

Carroll cajoles us into wisdom.

Joanna Poppink, MFT
Los Angeles psychotherapist
author of Healing Your Hungry Heart: recovering from your eating disorder

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o mais desejado clássico

Reviewed in Brazil on January 30, 2022

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simplesmente adorável .... tanto pelo capricho da barnes and noble como quem assim como eu quer ter em sua coleção , dar de presente ou ter na estante , seja para em ambos os casos ( dar de presente a um amigo , presentear a si mesmo , ou mesmo por ser um clássico da literatura mundial ) é uma obra que dispensa apresentações por se tratar de uma obra exibida em n mídias , animadas , cinematográficas ( disney clássica ou mesmo no filme de Tim Burton ) de minha parte eu gosto das edições primorosas da Barnes And Noble tanto para ter ou mesmo para ler a obra na íntegra , vale muito a pena ter essa edição ou qualquer outra obra dessa editora americana

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