![]() 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. Looking-Glass.Lewis Carroll - WikipediaLewis Carroll, pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. To All Child-Readers of Alices Adventures in Wonderland. But amongst the anarchic humour and sparkling wordplay, unforgettable characters, puzzles and riddles, are poignant moments of nostalgia for a lost childhood. Alices Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the. All chapters from Lewis Carrolls Through the Looking-Glass and what Alice found there. 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. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by Hugh Haughton.Ĭonjured 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. Finely bound copy of Carrolls Alices Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass bound together as a single volume. ![]() ![]() This Penguin Classic is performed by Katie Leung, star of the Harry Potter films. ![]()
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