num_pages: 156
description: With an Introduction and Notes by Michael Irwin, Professor of English Literature, University of kent at Canterbury.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, ddreamlike atmospher, and fantastical characters are as appealing to young readers today as they ever 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.COMPLETE AND UNABRIDGEDCover Illustration, Alice in Profile by Lesley Fotherby
language: English
title: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through The Looking-Glass
titlecomplete: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through The Looking-Glass
characters: Alice (Lewis Carroll), Dinah (Lewis Carroll), The Hatter (Lewis Carroll), The White Knight (Lewis Carroll), Tweedledum and Tweedledee (Lewis Carroll), The Mock Turtle (Lewis Carroll), The Cheshire Cat (Lewis Carroll), The Caterpillar (Lewis Carroll), The Jabberwock (Lewis Carroll), The White Rabbit (Lewis Carroll), The Red Queen (Lewis Carroll), The Dormouse (Lewis Carroll), The March Hare (Lewis Carroll), Humpty Dumpty (Lewis Carroll), The Queen of Hearts (Lewis Carroll), The White Queen (Lewis Carroll)
genres: Classics, Adventure, Fantasy, Childrens, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Novels, Literature, 19th Century, Fiction
ratings_count: 548322
places: United Kingdom, Wonderland, England
series: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
publisher: Wordsworth Editions