Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass
Lavishly Illustrated with Interactive Elements
Ratings477
Average rating4
This is a cult classic. I always find new things when I read this, and I have read this about once a year since I was 10 or something - I'm 50 now. :-D
Hard to write a review of a book I read as an 8/9 year old that was essentailly an awakening for a young boys' life of reading, but I did come across this item this morning (2/3/21) while having a coffee.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2021/mar/01/off-with-their-heads-why-are-lewis-carroll-misquotes-so-common-online
This is by far my favorite books and I even have a collection of wonderland items. I truly love the fun story, poems, and illustrations. This is always my inspiration whenever I want to get creative!
I have read two poems included in Through the Looking Glass (listed and rated below):
- “Jabberwocky”: This is a poem from Lewis Carroll’s book Through the Looking-Glass. It includes a bunch of nonsense words that tell a surprisingly decipherable story. The poem is an interesting tool for revealing the nature of language and grammar. Rating: 4.5/5
- “The White Knight’s Song”: This poem recounts the bizarre interaction of the speaker and an old man. The speaker repeatedly asks the old man how he lives but fails to listen to the odd answer in favor of pondering equally odd thoughts. Rating: 2.5/5
it was a quick and fun read, but i do think i prefer the plethora of movie and video game adaptations over the original novels. i expected the more from the descriptions of wonderland, but they felt a little dull when compared to the imagery in other “alice in wonderland” media.
i prefer the first book, “Alice's adventures in wonderland”, over the second one.
uno de mis libros favoritos, alicia y yo tenemos mucho en común (las dos estamos locas)
I like the first book more then the second one.
It felt so nostalgic reading this. Alice's wild imagination led her to the wonderland, just like how most children do. I used to dream a lot of adventurous stuff, with my own dream friends. Often time they were so ridiculous just like how Alice's are and remembered feeling so happy when i woke up.
This book made me remember those times.
“I don't understand you,” said Alice, “It is dreadfully confusing.”
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass. Is a book of utter nonsense. It is completely ridiculous. That is why it has become such a classic. So many people will try to look for a deeper meaning in this story. Stop looking. Just sit back and enjoy the nonsene.
I picked up The Annotated Alice to help me thoroughly prepare for our upcoming bookgroup discussion of Alice in Wonderland. I don't think you could find any book that would explain and provide thoughtful commentary for the curious aspects of this very curious book. Just for fun, I also read Alice in Wonderland, illustrated by Alison Jay, along with the Disney Step into Reading version, and the board book version, Alice in Wonderland: A Colors Primer. And I read The Once Upon a Time Map Book: Take a Tour of Six Enchanted Lands (including Alice's) and Alice in Wonderland Adapted for the Stage.
Still quite possibly my all-time favorite book from my childhood. I've read this too many times to count, and each time is such a unique experience. Now having to read it for a class and write a paper on it has given me an another perspective altogether. It's so much darker and more morbid that I ever realized, and it fascinates me that I didn't pick up on that as much when I was younger.
I'm not usually a big fan of classics, but this was actually really fun to read. Quirky, nonsensical and full of imaginative magic.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: Ha ha ha, how delightful!
Through the Looking-Glass: WHAT IS GOING ON?! WHAT ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT?!
This was even stranger the second time round. I think one suspends belief more easily as a child. I enjoyed the humour and play of words more as an adult, but the strange changes from scene to scene left me feeling a little lost.
Oh, this book is a trip. A children's story, no doubt, but a re-read at 17 actually left me open mouthed at its deceptive status as a ‘mere children's books.' Lots of hidden symbolism, meaning and metaphor, fun wordplay and overall just a delight to read. ‘Not just a children's book.' This one is very, very clever. How many people know that Lewis Carroll (actual name Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) was also a mathematician?
This is a great version of the classic story in that it has notes, definitions, historical facts, and other tidbits that tie into the story and help the reader better understand the plot. It's also great for people just interested in the general history of Carroll and his writings. I recommend this to anyone who hasn't read it, because it's unabridged (the first copy of Alice... I owned had many parts missing I didn't even know about till I read this version) and because it's well thought out and put together.