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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass

By Lewis Carroll
Series: The Penguin English Library
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll follows young Alice as she embarks on whimsical journeys through fantastical realms filled with peculiar characters and bizarre, dreamlike scenarios. These adventures challenge Alice's perceptions of reality and logic, leading her through curious lands where the impossible seems possible. Each tale explores themes of identity, curiosity, and the nature of growing up, all illustrated with playful wordplay and delightful nonsense.
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You might enjoy this book if you relish imaginative tales that transport you to a whimsical and surreal world. It's perfect for those who appreciate clever wordplay, curious characters, and a narrative rich in fantastical adventures and absurdities. This story is a delight for both the young and the young at heart, with its timeless charm and playful exploration of logic and language.

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass

Describes how Alice was conjured up one 'golden afternoon' in 1862 to entertain his child-friend Alice Liddell. His dream worlds of Wonderland and back-to-front Looking Glass kingdom depict order turned upside-down: a baby turns into a pig, time is abandoned at a disorderly tea-party and a chaotic game of chess makes a seven-year-old girl a Queen.

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The new paperback series - Penguin English Library

"Curiouser and curiouser!" cried Alice (she was so surprised, that for the moment she quite forgot how to speak good English). "Now I'm opening out like the largest telescope that ever was! Goodbye, feet!"

'I had sent my heroine straight down a rabbit-hole ... without the least idea what was to happen afterwards,' wrote Lewis Carroll, describing how Alice was conjured up one 'golden afternoon' in 1862 to entertain his child-friend Alice Liddell. His dream worlds of nonsensical Wonderland and the back-to-front Looking Glass kingdom depict order turned upside-down - a baby turns into a pig, time is abandoned at a disorderly tea-party, and a chaotic game of chess makes a seven-year-old girl a Queen.

But amongst the anarchic humour and sparkling word play, puzzles and riddles, are poignant moments of nostalgia for lost childhood.

Series: The Penguin English Library

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ISBN: 9780141199689

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 30 August 2012

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 11.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 199.0mm

Weight: 182g

Pages: 256

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Fiction General Fiction Lewis Carroll Literary Fiction Penguin Books Penguin Classics Series: The Penguin English Library

About the Author

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) was born in 1832. Already reading The Pilgrim's Progress at the age of seven, his exceptional intelligence was apparent from the outset - his Mathematics master at Rugby wrote of him, 'I have not had a more promising boy at his age' - and he went on to be awarded a double first class honours in Maths at Christ Church, Oxford. Despite going on to hold a lectureship at Christ Church for twenty-six years, however, Dodgson found it difficult to apply himself to academic work, and it is for his extraordinary literary works that he is known. His two Alice books were originally composed for the daughter of the dean of his college, Alice Liddell, and are the most famous and enduring of his works along with The Hunting of the Snark, a book of nonsense verse. He also wrote works on logic and satirical pamphlets on Oxford politics, and became a pioneering amateur portrait photographer, specializing in Victorian celebrities and children. He died in 1898, at the age of sixty-five.

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