Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There
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Publisher Description
If you miss Alice this is a wonderful opportunity to meet her again - read the sequel of Lewis Carroll's masterpiece! This time Alice goes through the looking-glass and encounters even stranger creatures - charismatic Humpty Dumpty, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, Don Quixotic White Knight, the Walrus and the Carpenter and many others! Now, the Jabberwocky poem is the sugar of the story, it's upside-down meaning mirrors the writers ideas about society and politics.
More puzzles, puns, amuzing anecdotes and poetry in this amazing absurdist continuation of the Alice in Wonderland storyline. The whole thing was meant as a present for children, whom he loved so much, and it is followed by several dedications, letters and poems. This makes Through the Looking Glass one of the best possible literature sequels!
" Twas brillig and the slithy toves,
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe."
Recall the Wonderland miracles with the Looking-Glass!
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Reynolds has a friendly, frolicksome tone that helps children engage with Carroll's verbal antics, delightful silliness, and the very amusing concept of moving through and maneuvering in the reverse world of a mirror. Reynolds actually manages to recite the book's famous verse "Jabberwocky" backward, as though reading it in mirror writing. "It seems very pretty," Alice says, "but it's rather hard to understand!" Children familiar with the game of chess will take giggly pleasure in Alice's maneuvers on the squares and her encounters with the red and white kings and queens and other characters familiar from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Reynolds' vocal antics help children interpret words and actions and enhance the many pleasures of Alice's post-Wonderland journey while managing to keep adult listeners entertained.
