Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through The Looking Glass |
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Lewis Carroll
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Pages: 336 (Hardcover)
ISBN: 1857159047
Pub: Everyman's Library
Pub date: 1992-09-24
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 56670
Reader Reviews:
Alicetastic!!! (1/1 people found this helpful)
A wonderful romp through the imagination! I love these stories for the clever word play, double meaning and always suprising twists of fantasy. people of all ages cannot fail to be intrigued by the wonderful nature and exploration of these stories.
A delightful reading, appeals to all ages (30/32 people found this helpful)
I read the original text of Carroll's masterpiece when I was 18 years old (I'm 22 now). I knew only interpretations made by Russian writers before. They were funny but not comparable to the original. So I enjoyed myself from the first page of Alice's Adventures In Wonderland to the last of Through The Looking Glass. The book is so brilliant, full of clever humor, paradoxes and parodies. The so-called "nonsense" is very amusing and by no means without sense. Of course I sometimes missed meanings of Carroll's parodies and allusions. Later I read different references and explanations. The searching of meaning made the book even more interesting in my eyes. There is no need in mentioning characters of both books for they are widely known, but I can't stand the temptation. First of all - Alice herself. She is such a charming and sensible young lady. I laughed a lot at her thoughts and commentaries to the events. And then White Rabbit, Mad Hatter, March Hare, Caterpillar, Cheshire Cat, Mock Turtle, strange birds, the intelligent Mouse, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, Humpty Dumpty, Duchess, King and Queen of Hearts, etc - they are creations of true genius. I also liked immensely Carroll's poems included in the books. I often notice that I am repeating lines from them. As for my favourite The Walrus And The Carpenter, I know it by heart. Wit, fantasy and magic make Alice's Adventures a superb children's book as well as a source of great pleasure for adults. Classical illustrations add more charm to this addition. I prefer them to more modern images (by Disney for example).
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