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| 80% Recommended by our customers. Publisher: Signet Classics Catalog: Book Release date: 2000-12-12 Media: Mass Market Paperback Number of pages: 240 Ean: 9780451527745 Book Isbn: 0451527747  Tip: compare prices with similar booksAuthor:
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The Mad Hatter, the Ugly Duchess, the Mock Turtle, the Queen of Hearts, the Cheshire Cat-characters each more eccentric than the last, and that could only have come from Lewis Carroll, the master of sublime nonsense. In these two brilliant burlesques he created two of the most famous and fantastic novels of all time that not only stirred our imagination but revolutionized literature. • Featuring the exquisite line drawings created for the original edition |
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 Written on July 14, 2006 Summary: Influential but overrated Highly original and very atmospheric but on the same time not very pleasant to read and sometimes downright silly and boring. There is no plot whatsoever (although Through The Looking Glass has some sort of plot of a live chessgame to be completed), it's just jumping from one absurd situation to the other. The back of my version of the book said these were the finest books for children ever written. Which is complete nonsense, but they are classics. Worth reading for their influence on modern culture.  Written on July 13, 2006 Summary: wonderful fantasy when i was younger i was scared to death of the cartoon alice in wonderland. i thought that i was going to get lost in this strange world. my mom bought the book for me at a garage sale and i loved it. it's so different than the cartoon. i love the fantasy and the imagination of the novel. when i first read the book i was enthralled with the inclusion of the songs, which were not present in the cartoon. lewis carroll was my first introduction to realms outside our own. most children have seen the film and as far as i am concerned they are missing out. so much of what is in the original story is left out. particularly my favorite part is the scene in the kitchen where the baby turns into a pig. for me it was like everything that i had ever dreamed about written. Written on June 28, 2006 Summary: Alice in Wonderland I finished this book just tonight, including both "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass." I liked the first one better, simply because I found it more interesting. The characters I think are more hilarious, and more unique, than in the second one. Either way, though, they're both sensational novellas and worth the time despite the seeming nonsense. In the second book, Lewis Carroll's jokes have a more literal quality, for example horse and hoarse, or flower and flour, which confuses the characters because they take everything each other says to literal extremities. This was not done so much in the first book, and I think done better, which is why I liked it better. I'll tell you some of my favorite things about the former novella, including the Chesshire cat, who I remember to be one of my favorite characters in the Disney movie. When Alice first speaks with the cat, and asks him which way she should go, he replies-- `In that direction,' the Cat said, waving its right paw round, `lives a Hatter: and in that direction,' waving the other paw, `lives a March Hare. Visit either you like: they're both mad.' `But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked. `Oh, you ca'n't help that,' said the Cat: `we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.' I love the whole tea party setup, in which the Mad Hatter and March Hare keep moving from seat to seat round a large table, drinking tea and eating bread and butter. The Gryphon and the Mock Turtle are equally as hilarious, as well as the Queen of Hearts, who orders everyone's head to be chopped off. One of the funniest parts was when, in the course of the trial over who stole the queen's tarts (which are actually lying on a plate very near where the trial is taking place), a guinea pig breaks out in random applause-- "Here one of the guinea-pigs cheered, and was immediately suppressed by the officers of the court." Soon after another guinea pig cannot control himself and begins to cheer, and the officers of the court must sit on him too to stop the cheering. To comment on the meaning behind the book, there's a certain underlying measure of insanity, and as another reviewer said, of Alice trying to be as logical as possible in the most nonsensical circumstances. Though the events seem to be spontaneous and without a measure of reality, Carroll never loses you, and you are never at any time confused. I liked also the poem at the end of "Through the Looking Glass", which I found to close the book in a profound and satisfying manner, as it should. One definitely pulls away from such a reading with a feeling that he has not wasted his time, and that there was something essentially meaningful about it. I highly recommend. Written on June 17, 2006 Summary: Alice in Wonderland Have you ever wanted to be in a world of your own? If you you read this book, Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll you'll go into another world. The main character, Alice, falls into antoher world. In her adventure she meets many new people and a whole lot of new places. Alice and her cat, Dinah, are bored out of their mind. When something gets their attention. They see a white rabbit. He keeps on saying the same thing " I'm late, i'm late, i'm late."Alice's cuorisity takes over so she follows him down the rabbit hole, taking her to a new world. The world is called Wonderland. In Alice's adventure she meets many new characters. She meets the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter, The March hare, the Ugly Dutchess, the Queen of Hearts, and many others. This is one of the best books. I say this because it expands your imagination. It makes you wonder; making you think what if. This is a great fantasy book. You won't regret reading it! - Arturo Berumen Written on May 22, 2006 Summary: A Wonderful Glimpse into Wonderland Those who pick up ALICE IN WONDERLAND seeking to read a book mirroring the Disney movie version will be sorely disappointed. Those who wish to read a delightful children's story that will enchant and entertain readers young and old need look no further. ALICE IN WONDERLAND and THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS have very little in the way of plot - little Alice is thrown into a strange world where nothing seems quite right. She changes in size, is confronted by the imperious Queen of Hearts, has tea with a number of quirky characters; each new situation she encounters is "curiouser and curiouser" than the next. What the stories lack in plot, they make up for twentyfold in character. Carroll created a whimsical world for his young readers, and its charm spills over to entertain even the old. One cannot help but be charmed by his extraordinary imagination and fast-paced yet fun-filled writing style. ALICE AND WONDERLAND and THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS do not disappoint - they are cherished treasures among children and the young at heart - anyone who still has yet to discover their own "Wonderland." |
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| Catalog | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book |
| Release date | 2000-12-12 | 1993-04-15 | 2003-11-11 | 1999-11 | 2004-04-06 | 2001-01-30 |
| Media | Mass Market Paperback | Mass Market Paperback | Paperback | Hardcover | Paperback | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 240 | 192 | 256 | 312 | 464 | 288 |
| Ean | 9780451527745 | 9780812523355 | 9780689866913 | 9780393048476 | 9780451529305 | 9780316769174 |
| Book Isbn | 0451527747 | 0812523350 | 0689866917 | 0393048470 | 0451529308 | 0316769177 |
| Reading level | - | Ages 9-12 | Ages 9-12 | - | Ages 9-12 | - |
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