Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
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"So many out-of-the-way things had happened lately, that Alice had begun to think that very few things indeed were really impossible." --Alice in Wonderland
Alice is one of the most beloved characters of English writing. A bright and inquisitive child, one boring summer afternoon she follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole, at the bottom she finds herself in a bizarre world full of strange creatures, and attends a very strange tea party and croquet match. This immensely witty and unique story mixes satire and puzzles, comedy and anxiety, to provide an astute depiction of the experience of childhood.
About this Author
LEWIS CARROLL's real name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. He was born on January 27th, 1832 at Daresbury in Cheshire. He studied at Christ Church, Oxford University and later became a mathematics lecturer there. He wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking Glass (1872) for the daughters of the Dean of Christ Church. He was very fond of puzzles and some readers have found mathematical jokes and codes hidden in his Alice books. His other works include Phantasmagoria and Other Poems (1869), The Hunting of the Snark (1876), Rhyme? And Reason? (1882), The Game of Logic (1887) and Sylvieand Bruno (1889, 1893). Dodgson was also an influential photographer. He died on January 14th, 1898.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Publisher: Random House UK
Published: 2025-09-30
Reviews
"A book of wonder and nonsense laced with lethal wit."
--Guardian
"Precise, dream-like, subversive."
--Independent on Sunday
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