Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

by Lewis Carroll

3.98 out of 5 (69 ratings)

Format:
Paperback 
Pages:
288 
Publisher:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd 
Publication Date:
05 May 1992 
Category:
Classic fiction 
ISBN:
9781853260025 

Description

This selection of Carroll's works includes Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass, both containing the famous illustrations by Sir John Tenniel. No greater books for children have ever been written. The simple language, dreamlike atmosphere, and fantastical characters are as appealing to young readers today as ever they were. Meanwhile, however, these apparently simple stories have become recognised as adult masterpieces, and extraordinary experiments, years ahead of their time, in Modernism and Surrealism. Through wordplay, parody and logical and philosophical puzzles, Carroll engenders a variety of sub-texts, teasing, ominous or melancholy. For all the surface playfulness there is meaning everywhere. The author reveals himself in glimpses.

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  • This is easily one of my favorite books of all time. Alice is so adorable, because she's so little and clueless and imaginative and curious. All the characters are amazing, and I feel like each time I read it, I get a new pun or joke.I know I will read this book over and over again for the rest of my life, and it's definitely one everyone should read at least once.

    5.00 out of 5

    BrynDahlquis

  • This is my favorite story of all-time. Nothing, in my opinion, beats Alice and the adventures she creates in her own mind. The whole experience of reading (and re-reading, and maybe re-reading again...) this book is magical to me. Lewis Carroll's humor and writing style alone is enough to make me want to read more.

    5.00 out of 5

    LucidLove

  • After I finally read it I couldn't understand why it took me so long to do it! Its wonderfully written, absolutely magical and I totally lost myself in Wonderland while I read it.

    5.00 out of 5

    JenMillar

  • If you were deciding what was better, Alice in Wonderland or Through the Looking Glass, I think the Walrus and the Carpenter would shift the balance to the later.

    5.00 out of 5

    jasonfurman

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