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Alice's Adventure In Wonderland And Through The Looking Glass (1901)

by Lewis Carroll(Favorite Author)

4.05 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0307290875 (ISBN13: 9780307290878)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Knopf Publishing Group

review 1: Dreams are generally strange, confusing, and sometimes scary, but the dreams that Alice journeys through are more extreme than "normal". In the novel, Alice in Wonderland; Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found there, Lewis Carroll uses mythical creatures, their curious actions, and Alice's blunt thoughts and opinions to expresses satire in order to illuminate the flaws and "nonsense" of England's society. At first, Alice is playing with her kitty cat, Dinah, while day dreaming of her own world. The next moment, Alice falls down the rabbit hole and into her Wonderland. Not only does she visit Wonderland once, but twice, only the second time she enters through the looking-glass house. However, during both of her journeys, she run... mores into all species of characters that share similar qualities to popular figures in Alice's real life. For example, the Queen of Hearts represents the Queen of England. Carroll always has her saying "off with his head!" Her ridiculous temper and tyranny over the people, even the King, shows satire towards the Queen of England's reputation of power. Another example is the talking flowers in the garden. With their high standards and blunt judgement, their prissy attitudes satirize England's first class women. Carroll portrays that women living the lavished lifestyle seem to feel allowed to judge and compare harshly, just like the flowers do to Alice. In the midst of the "curiouser and curiouser" world, and the "nonsense" of the mythical characters, Alice actually matures mentally throughout the journey. While Alice has to think unlogically through jumbled riddles and questions that don't make since, she ends up gaining logical realizations about problems in her real life. Alice in Wonderland reminds me of the classic novel that takes place during the same era of England: Pride and Prejudice. In the novel, Alice has to encounter the criticism of the flowers in the garden, and both the Red and White Queen's embarrassing judgement for a royalty test. Similar to how Alice becomes shaped by the opinions of the more respected female characters, Elizabeth Bennet is also morphed by her feminist opinions against the society's expectations of women. Like Alice, she maintains her blunt, opinionated personality against the other character's, like her mother, "nonsense" about a women's role in marriage and society. All in all, Lewis Carroll in Alice in Wonderland uses creative creatures, their questionable actions, and Alice's strong opinions to satirize England's society during his era.
review 2: I adore this book. I read it after seeing many modern reinterpretations of Alice, and various references went over my head since I did not know the basis of the story. I am so glad I chose to read this book.As a classic, I expected it to read like Dickens and take me an age to read. I was so happily wrong. It reads fluidly and easily but is sophisticated and descriptive. It is a wonder to read and not analyse, but since I read the annotated version, I just enjoyed it all the more.This book is insanely clever, almost everything said is a clever metaphor or allusion or reference or pun and there is deep, deep meaning to this light, surreal story.The actual story is slightly plotless but you don't read this book for a plot, you read it to know of all the little adventures of Alice.In conclusion, this book was haunting, funny and thoughtful. I highly recommend getting an annotated copy so that all of the hidden genius of the novel is not lost. less

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appu

I read these books as a kid - one of my uncles actually gave me the "complete" Carroll works, so I've read them all. As a kid, I remember thinking "Boy, this is weird" and as adult, I kept thinking "Boy, this is weird". Honestly I kept wondering what drugs Carroll was on when writing these two books. I understand that these books are supposed to be nonsensical, and they are certainly that, but I really couldn't make heads or tails out of Through the Looking Glass. I give Alice 3 stars & TLG 1 star.

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jod

If you haven't read it, do it the instant!!That's everything i have to say

Kacy

I give Wonderland 5 stars but Looking Glass 4. I loved Wonderland more.

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