description: 'Begin at the beginning, and go on till you come to the end: then stop.'. So many readers were to take the advice of the King of Hearts that by the end of the nineteenth century the double Alice (1865 and 1872) had acquired a pre-eminent and unassailable position in children's literature. Lewis Carroll's use of logic, by which the ordinary is translated into the extraordinary in an entirely plausible way, is delightfully combined with an exceptional knowledge and understanding of the mind of the child. Satire, allusion, and symbolism weave deeper and mysterious meanings, lending a measure of immortality to Carroll's remarkable fantasy.
language: English
title: Alice in Wonderland / Through the Looking Glass
titlecomplete: Alice in Wonderland / Through the Looking Glass
characters: Tweedledum and Tweedledee (Lewis Carroll), The Queen of Hearts (Lewis Carroll), The Dormouse (Lewis Carroll), The Red Queen (Lewis Carroll), The Hatter (Lewis Carroll), The Jabberwock (Lewis Carroll), Humpty Dumpty (Lewis Carroll), The White Rabbit (Lewis Carroll), The White Queen (Lewis Carroll), The Mock Turtle (Lewis Carroll), The White Knight (Lewis Carroll), The Caterpillar (Lewis Carroll), Dinah (Lewis Carroll), The March Hare (Lewis Carroll), The Cheshire Cat (Lewis Carroll), Alice (Lewis Carroll)
genres: Middle Grade, Literature, Young Adult, Childrens, Classics, Adventure, Novels, 19th Century, Fiction, Fantasy
ratings_count: 548316
places: United Kingdom, Wonderland, England
series: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
publisher: Puffin Books