Lewis Carroll (1832–1898)
Author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
About the Author
Charles Luthwidge Dodgson was born in Daresbury, England on January 27, 1832. He became a minister of the Church of England and a lecturer in mathematics at Christ Church College, Oxford. He was the author, under his own name, of An Elementary Treatise on Determinants, Symbolic Logic, and other show more scholarly treatises. He is better known by his pen name of Lewis Carroll. Using this name, he wrote Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. He was also a pioneering photographer, and he took many pictures of young children, especially girls, with whom he seemed to empathize. He died on January 14, 1898. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Series
Works by Lewis Carroll
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass (with Alice's Adventures Under Ground) (1998) 2,253 copies, 22 reviews
Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (Illustrated Junior Library) (1946) 650 copies, 2 reviews
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking Glass / The Hunting of the Snark (1901) 541 copies, 3 reviews
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass (Penguin Classics) (1988) 534 copies, 3 reviews
The Annotated Alice: 150th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (150th Deluxe Anniversary Edition) (The Annotated Books) (2015) 340 copies, 6 reviews
Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass [abridged - Classic Starts] (2009) 301 copies, 2 reviews
Jabberwocky and Other Nonsense: Collected Poems (Penguin Clothbound Classics) (2012) 274 copies, 3 reviews
More Annotated Alice: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass (1990) 257 copies, 2 reviews
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass: And What Alice Found There (Penguin Classics) (2015) 215 copies, 1 review
Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: With Artwork by Yayoi Kusama (A Penguin Classics Hardcover) (2012) 146 copies, 2 reviews
The Universe in a Handkerchief: Lewis Carroll's Mathematical Recreations, Games, Puzzles, and Word Plays (1996) 144 copies, 1 review
The Wasp in a Wig: A Suppressed Episode of Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There (1977) 114 copies, 1 review
Alice in Wonderland [and] Peter Pan [Dandelion Library: Edited and Abridged] (1957) — Author — 105 copies
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: A Coloring Book (Classic Coloring Book) (1980) 87 copies, 2 reviews
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking-Glass and Other Writings (2000) 72 copies, 1 review
Through the Looking-Glass (Illustrated): The 1871 Classic Edition with Original Illustrations (2024) 71 copies
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking-Glass, The Hunting of the Snark, Phantasmagoria and Other Poems (1984) 57 copies
The Philosopher's Alice: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass (1974) — Author — 55 copies, 1 review
Alicia a traves del espejo & La caza del snark/ Through The Looking Glass & The Hunting of the Snark (Clasicos Juveniles/ Juvenile Classics) (Spanish Edition) (1993) — Author — 49 copies, 2 reviews
Aliciae Per Speculum Transitus: Through The Looking Glass and What Alice Found There in Latin (1966) 36 copies, 1 review
Alice's Adventures In Wonderland: The Classic Tale from the story by Lewis Carroll (Classic Tale) (2004) 35 copies
Alicia en el pais de las maravillas, fantasmagoria y otros poemas, un cuento enredado (Clasicos de la literatura series) (2004) 34 copies, 1 review
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn / The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (2015) 34 copies
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 33 copies
Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass (Illustrated): The Classic Edition with Original Illustrations (2023) 24 copies
Oakshot Complete Works of Lewis Carroll (Illustrated, Inline Footnotes) (Classics Book 2) (2016) 21 copies
Alice in wonderland 20 copies
Logical nonsense;: The works of Lewis Carrol [pseud.] now, for the first time, complete; (1942) 18 copies
The Collected Stories of Lewis Carroll: Alice in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass/Phantasmagoria (1994) 17 copies
Complete Nonsense 15 copies
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Oxford Progressive English Readers ∙ Grade 1) (1980) 15 copies, 1 review
The Annotated Hunting of the Snark: The Full Text of Lewis Carroll's Great Nonsense Epic the Hunting of the Snark: 0 (Annotated Books) (1962) 14 copies
Vintage Fantasy: " Alice's Adventures in Wonderland " , " The Wind-up Bird Chronicle " (Vintage Classic Twins) (2008) 14 copies
Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, Abridged Edition (Classic Reward) (1900) 13 copies
Treasury of Children's Classics: Alice in Wonderland / Wizard of Oz / Black Beauty / Robinson Crusoe / Treasure Island / Peter Pan) (1998) 12 copies
Alicia en el país de las maravillas 11 copies
ALICE NEL PAESE DELLE MERAVIGLIE 9 copies
Alicia en el país de las maravillas. A traves del espejo, La caza del Snark (Penguin Clasicos) (Spanish Edition) (2016) 9 copies
Werke (3 Bde.). Alice hinter den Spiegeln. Alice im Wunderland. Briefe an kleine Mädchen (2002) 9 copies
Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass, The Hunting of the Snark, and a Wonderful Miscellany of Poems, Letters, Games and Puzzles (1996) 9 copies
Lewis Carroll 8 copies
A travers le Jabberwocky de Lewis Carroll. Onze mots-valises dans huit traductions (1997) — Author — 8 copies
Alice in Wonderland, retold for younger readers (Tales retold for younger readers) (1960) 8 copies, 1 review
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Classic Literature with Classical Music) (1865) — Author — 7 copies
Lewis Carroll Box Set: Alice Adventures in Wonderland and Through The Looking Glass (includes the short film The Delivery) (2008) 7 copies, 1 review
The Pamphlets of Lewis Carroll: The Mathematical Pamphlets of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson and Related Pieces, Francine Abeles, Co: 2 (Volume 2) (1994) 7 copies
Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (Wordsworth Classics) by Lewis Carroll (1999-12-05) (1656) 6 copies, 1 review
Junior Classic - Book 1 (Alice Adventure in Wonderland, What Katy Did, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, The Secret Garden) - B (2016) 6 copies
The Aventures of Alys in Wondyr Lond: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in Middle English (Middle English Edition) (2013) 6 copies
Alice 5 copies
Curiouser And Curiouser - Quotations From Alice's Adventures in Wonderland And Through The Looking Glass: Quotations from the Alice Books (1997) 5 copies
The Pamphlets of Lewis Carroll: The Logic Pamphlets of Lewis Carroll and Related Pieces (2010) 5 copies
Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There - illustrated by John Tenniel (Alice's Adventures Book 2) (2011) 5 copies
Through the Looking Glass - And What Alice Found There: With original illustrations - annotated 5 copies
Alice in Wonderland (Illustrated): Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking-Glass, and The Hunting of the Snark (Top Five Classics) (2018) 5 copies
Alícia en terra de meravelles 5 copies
Project X Origins Graphic Texts: Dark Red Book Band, Oxford Level 18: Jabberwocky and other poems (2016) 5 copies
The Best Loved Classics-Alice in Wonderland, Huckleberry Finn, Gulliver's Travels, Treasure Island, Pride and Justice, T (1963) 5 copies
Lewis Carroll and the Kitchins : containing twenty-five letters not previously published and nineteen of his photographs (1980) 5 copies
Alice No Pais Das Maravilhas 5 copies
Elucidating Alice: A Textual Commentary on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (2015) 5 copies, 1 review
Alicia en el país de las Maravillas y A través del Espejo (Platino Clásicos Ilustrados) (Spanish Edition) (2020) 5 copies
Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There (The Great Classics for Children) (2010) 4 copies
Alicia en el país de las maravillas / Alicia a través del espejo / La caza del Snark (Los mejores clásicos) (Spanish Edition) (2016) 4 copies, 1 review
Walt Disney's Alice in Wonderland 4 copies
Alice In Wonderland: German Learning Edition with Paragraph-By-Paragraph Translation (2009) 4 copies
ALICE NO PAIS DAS MARAVILHAS — Author — 4 copies
Sprīdīša Bibliotēka 5 "Alises piedzīvojumi brīnumzemē" "Pīters un Vendija" "Stāsts par Doktoru Dūlitlu" "Vinnijs Pūks un Viņa draugi" (1990) 4 copies
Alisa u zemlji čuda 4 copies
Alice: edição comentada e ilustrada: Aventuras de Alice no País das Maravilhas & Através do espelho (Clássicos Zahar) (Portuguese Edition) (2013) 4 copies
Alice in Wonderland (Illustrated): The 1865 Classic Edition with Original Illustrations (2023) 4 copies
Alisi Ndani ya Nchi ya Ajabu: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in Swahili (Swahili Edition) (2015) 4 copies
Well in the Rabbit Hole: A New and Closer Look at Alices Adventures in Wonderland, an Annotated Chinese Translation (Chinese Edition) (2010) 4 copies
Alice's Advetnures in Wonderland & Alice Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1978) 3 copies
Phantasmagoria and Other Poems, The Hunting of the Snark, Through the Looking Glass: Lewis Carroll (2019) 3 copies
Alice in Wonderland 3 copies
Alices Äventyr i Sagolandet (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in Swedish) (Swedish Edition) (2010) 3 copies
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: Abridged Edition for Younger Readers (Palazzo Abridged Classics) (2018) 3 copies
Alice através do espelho 3 copies
An Index to 'In Memoriam' 3 copies
Alice's Adventure under Ground 3 copies
Alicia en el Pa de las Maravillas 3 copies
Circular Billiards: Rules, &c. 3 copies
Alice's adventures in Wonderland-Alice nel paese delle meraviglie. Testo italiano a fronte (2022) 3 copies
Alis Advencha ina Wandalan: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in Jamaican Creole (Gullah Edition) (2016) 3 copies
Two Classics from Lewis Carroll: Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There (2020) 3 copies
Alice In Wonderland 3 copies
L's Aventuthes d'Alice en Êmèrvil'lie (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in Jèrriais) (2011) 3 copies
The Fifth Book of Euclid, Treated Algebraically so far as it relates to Commensurable Magnitudes 3 copies
Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in Glaswegian Scots (2014) 3 copies
Alice's adventures in Wonderland, and, Through the looking-glass and what Alice found there 2 copies
آلیس در سرزمین عجایب - Âlis dar Sarzamin-e Ajâyeb: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in Dari Persian (Persian Edition) (2015) 2 copies
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland; Through the Looking-Glass; The Hunting of the Snark. Modern Library 79 (1950) 2 copies
Alice - As aventuras de Alice no país das maravilhas / Alice através do espelho e o que ela encontrou lá / Livro para colorir — Author — 2 copies
Songs from Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass - Primary Source Edition (2014) 2 copies
Les aventures d'Alice au pays des merveilles, un livre à colorier (Alice in Wonderland Coloring Book) (French Edition) (2016) 2 copies
Smokey the Bear, First 'A' Edition 1955, a Little Golden Book Hardcover (A Little Golden Book) 2 copies
The Alice In Wonderland Collection 2 copies
Alicia en el páis de las maravillas 2 copies
Alice's adventures in Wonderland 2 copies
Alice no país das maravilhas Literatura infanto juvenil — Author — 2 copies
Alice in Wonderland (Read by Myself) 2 copies
Alice Through the Looking Glass 2 copies
Alis bu Cëlmo dac Cojube w dat Tantelat: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in Surayt (Turoyo) (Aramaic Edition) (2015) 2 copies
A caça ao turpente — Author — 2 copies
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (Barnes & Noble Signature Editions) by Carroll, Lewis (2013) Hardcover (1707) 2 copies
Tout Alice 2 copies
Alicia en el pais de las maravillas 2 copies
QelIS boqHarmey - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Klingon/English): A classic children's book in Klingon (2021) 2 copies
לאס אב׳ינטוראס די אליסייה אין איל פאיז די לאס מאראב׳ילייאס: Las Aventuras de Alisia en el Paiz de las Maraviyas : Alice's… (2016) 2 copies
The Poetry of Lewis Carroll 2 copies
Alice's Adventures In Wonderland/Through The Looking-Glass/What Alice Found There (Japanese Edition) (2010) 2 copies
Companion Library 2-in-1 books set of 3: Kidnapped & Tom Sawyer, Detective; Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-glass & Five Little Peppers and How They Grew; Hans Brinker… (1960) — Author — 2 copies
Trans la Spegulo kaj kion Alico trovis tie: Through the Looking-Glass in Esperanto (Esperanto Edition) (2012) 2 copies
Reading & Training : Lewis Carroll : Alice's adventures in Wonderland {Step 2 B1.1} [book + sound recording] (2008) — Writer — 2 copies
ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. With a Proem by Austin Dobson. (1907) 2 copies
Snooki in Wonderland 2 copies
Di Avantures fun Alis in Vunderland: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in Yiddish (Yiddish Edition) (2015) 2 copies
Alice in Wonderland Coloring Book: Help Alice Back Through the Looking-Glass (Abridged) (Engage Books) (2010) 2 copies
Alicia en el País de las Maravillas ; A través del espejo ; La caza del Snark (2016) 2 copies, 1 review
Alicia En El Pais de Las Maravillas y La Isla del Tesoro / Alice in Wonderland and Treasure Island (2009) 2 copies
Alicia en el País de las Maravillas 2 copies
Alicia en el país de las maravillas : libro carrusel : basado en la edición original de Lewis Carroll y John Tenniel (2016) 2 copies
鏡の国のアリス 2 copies
The diaries of Lewis Carroll. Vol. 2 2 copies
Alice's Cabinet of Curiosities: “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland” and “Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice found there” (2017) 2 copies
أليس في بلاد العجائب 2 copies
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 2 copies
Alicia's Adventuras en Wonderlandia: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in Spanglish (Creole Edition) (2021) 2 copies
A Postal Problem 2 copies
A Tangled Tale (1885). By: Lewis Carroll, illustrated By: Arthur B. Frost (January 17, 1851 – June 22, 1928): (children's book ), Illustrated (2017) 2 copies
Alice in Wonderland Books Inc. 2 copies
Alice In Wonderland Re-told for children from the famous story by Lewis Carroll (Alice In Wondland) (1990) 2 copies
Alice au pays des merveilles - De l'autre côté du miroir [Version adaptée, Recueils universels, Auzou] (2021) — Contributor — 2 copies
ელისის თავგადასავალი საოცრებათა ქვეყანაში - Elisis t'avgadasavali saoc'rebat'a k'veqanaši: Alice's… (2016) 2 copies
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. With: The King of the Golden River; or The Black Brothers (1920) 2 copies
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 2 copies
Lès-Aventûres d'Alice ô Pèyis dès Mèrvèy (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in Borain Picard) (Romance Edition) (2012) 2 copies
Alice in Wonderland Hardcover: The Original 1865 Edition With Illustrations By Sir John Tenniel (2021) 2 copies
La aventuras de Alisia en la pais de mervelias (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in Lingua Franca Nova) (2012) 2 copies
Attraverso Lo Specchio E Quel Che Alice VI Trovò: Con Le Illustrazioni Originali Della Prima Edizione Inglese: Volume 9 (2015) 2 copies
Alice (Underground) 1 copy
Alice In Wonderland Re-told for children from the famous story by Lewis Carroll (Alice In Wondland) 1 copy
De Aventure Alisu in Mirvizilànd: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in Uropi (Artificial Languages Edition) (2018) 1 copy
Elisa di Negeri Ajaib 1 copy
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland with a poem by Austin Dobson by Lewis Carroll (1975) Hardcover (1975) 1 copy
Alice's Adventures Underground, The Original Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (Illustrated) 1 copy
Down the Rabbit-Hole 1 copy
The Pool of Tears 1 copy
Pocket Edition Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: Super Small-Size Edition 4" × 6" (Pocket Edition Classic Books) (Volume 2) (2018) 1 copy
L'Aventuri di Alicia en Marvelia: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in Ido (Ido Edition) (2020) 1 copy
Alice in Wonderland (Simplified Chinese): 05 Hanyu Pinyin Paperback B&w (Juvenile Picture Books) (Chinese Edition) (2015) 1 copy
Alice's Adventures In Wonderland - Audio Book On CD Package Includes A Print Edition 1 copy, 1 review
Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There: Through the Looking-Glass in North-East Scots (Doric) (Scots Edition) (2021) 1 copy
Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (Korean Edition) Kim Min Ji Illustrator (2015) 1 copy
The Alice in Wonderland Books - Alice in Wonderland (Illustrated) and Through the Looking Glass (2021) 1 copy
Les aventures d'alice au pays des merveilles texte français par henri parisot in-8, broché, 189pp illustration de couverture de max ernst collection l'age d'or (1968) 1 copy, 1 review
Select Classics: Alice in Wonderland: (Original, Unabridged Children's Classic with French Flaps) (2025) 1 copy
Advice from a Caterpillar 1 copy
Alice's adventures in Wonderland,and,Through the looking-glass (Prince Charming colour books for children) (1962) 1 copy
Eight or Nine Wise Words about Letter-Writing (Annotated) : Writing Style Guide by Lewis Carroll (2023) 1 copy
Sylvie And Bruno. Together With Sylvie And Bruno Concluded. With Illustrations By Harry Furniss. (1893) 1 copy, 1 review
Alice in Wonderland (Illustrated): The 1865 Classic Edition with Original Illustrations (2023) 1 copy
A Snark Selection 1 copy
Lewis Carroll. Alice au pays des merveilles : EAlice's adventures in Wonderlande et Ce qu'Alice trouva de l'autre côté du miroir eThrough the looking-glasse. Traduction de… (1961) 1 copy, 1 review
Gardener's Song, The 1 copy
Alicia's Adventuras en Wonderlandia: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in Spanglish (Creole Edition) 1 copy
Aventurile lui Alice în Țara Minunilor: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in Romanian (Romanian Edition) (2020) 1 copy
Zoe's Adventures in Wonderland: The literary classic “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” with your child as the main character. (2015) 1 copy
The White Queen 1 copy
Alice fl-art tal-meravilji 1 copy
Pig and Pepper 1 copy
Examples of Arithmetic 1 copy
Condensation of Determinants 1 copy
The New Examination Statute 1 copy
Resident Women-Students 1 copy
Responsions of Hillary Term 1 copy
The New Belfry 1 copy
A Christmas Carol 1 copy
Alice au pays des merveilles 1 copy
Alice In Wonderland 1 copy
Ls̕a litla ̕undralandi 1 copy
Alice în țara minunilor 1 copy
An Elementary Treatise on Determinants - With Their Applications to Simultaneous Linear Equations and Algebraical Geometry (2014) 1 copy
Alphabet Cipher [on card] 1 copy
A New Puzzle 1 copy
New Method of Scoring 1 copy
Telegraph Cipher 1 copy
Приключения Алисы в Стране чудес, рассказанные для маленьких читателей самим автором 1 copy, 1 review
Алиса для малышей 1 copy
Алиса в стране чудес 1 copy
লুইস ক্যারল রচনাবলী: ১ 1 copy
লুইস ক্যারল রচনাবলী: ২ 1 copy
Liza në botën e çudirave 1 copy
История с узелками 1 copy
алиса в зазеркалье 1 copy
Сильвия и Бруно 1 copy
Приключения Алисы в стране чудес Сказка, рассказ. Б. Заходером : [Для сред. возраста] : [Пересказ с… 1 copy
Алиса в Стране чудес 1 copy
Ludovici Carroll Fabella Lepida in Qua Aliud Aliciae Somniurn Narravit: Aliciae Per Speculum Transitus (Quaeque Ibiinvenit). (1966) 1 copy
לחשוב, להתבטל, לטייל 1 copy
מבעד לראי ומה אליס מצאה שם 1 copy
Una storia ingarbugliata 1 copy
A Mad Tea-Party 1 copy
Alisa u Zemlji Čuda 1 copy
The hunting the snark 1 copy
Alicia para nenos 1 copy
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. With a Proem by Austin Dobson (1933) 1 copy
The Complete Stories 1 copy
Alicinte Albhuthalokam — Author — 1 copy
"It's My Own Invention" 1 copy
The Queen's Croquet-Ground 1 copy
The Mock Turtle's Story 1 copy
The Lobster Quadrille 1 copy
Who Stole the Tarts? 1 copy
Alice's Evidence 1 copy
Looking-Glass House 1 copy
The Garden of Live Flowers 1 copy
Looking-Glass Insects 1 copy
Tweedledum and Tweedledee 1 copy
Wool and Water 1 copy
The Lion and the Unicorn 1 copy
Queen Alice 1 copy
Äväntyrą̈ Alice i Underlandą̈: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in Elfdalian (Älvdalska) (Germanic Languages Edition) (2022) 1 copy
Alice nel paese delle meraviglie. Ediz. integrale e illustrata. Con espansione online. (2020) 1 copy
Logique sans peine 1 copy
Alice no país das maravilhas — Author — 1 copy
LE AVVENTURE DI ALICE 1 copy
Walrus & Carpenter 1 copy
The Walrus And The Carpenter 1 copy
Liza në Botën e Çudirave 1 copy
Alice Äventyr i Underlandet 1 copy
Alicia en el Pais de las Maravillas, Alice in Wonderland — Author — 1 copy
Alice Através do Espelho — Author — 1 copy
Tea-Party Ludo (board game) 1 copy
Alimentar el intelecto 1907 — Author — 1 copy
AVENTURAS DE ALICE NO PAÍS DAS MARAVILHAS — Author — 1 copy
ALICE NO PAÍS DAS MARAVILHAS - 2 — Author — 1 copy
Easy Classics: Alice in Wonderland — Author — 1 copy
Matemáqtica demente — Author — 1 copy
Alice in tara minunilor — Author — 1 copy
As aventuras de Alice no país das maravilhas - livro para colorir — Author — 1 copy
Alice no País das Maravilhas - Martin Claret — Author — 1 copy
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, printed in the Intermediate Stage of Piman's Shorthand. (1939) — Author — 1 copy
Alice no país das maravilhas 69 — Author — 1 copy
Alice i Underlandet 1 copy
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland — Author — 1 copy
Алиса в Стране Чудес - Alisa v Strane Chudes: ... in Wonderland in Russian (Russian Edition) (2022) 1 copy
Alice nel paese delle meraviglie-Attraverso lo specchio e quello che Alice vi trovò. Ediz. illustrata (2015) 1 copy
Alice's adventures in Wonderland ; with the original illustrations drawn by Sir John Tenniel. 1 copy
Alice Adventure in Wonderland 22 Books Collection Box Set Gift Pack By Lewis Carroll, Helen Oxenbury (2018) 1 copy
Aventuras de Alice no país das maravilhas e através do espelho e o que Alice encontrou por lá 1 copy
Lewis Carroll - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass (Illustrated) (2020) 1 copy
Rhyme? 1 copy
Into the Looking Glass 1 copy
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Alice in Wonderland) [Annotated] [Illustrated] (2011) — Author — 1 copy
Alice in Wonderland. Adapted for the stage by E. Le Gallienne and F. Friebus from Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, etc 1 copy, 1 review
Nel paese delle meraviglie 1 copy
Priory Classics: Alice in Wonderland: Series One (Priory classics - series one) by Lewis Carroll (1844) 1 copy
De l´autre côté du miroir 1 copy
Lettres à ses amies enfants 1 copy
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - With Audio Level 2 Oxford Bookworms Library: 700 Headwords (2014) 1 copy
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Centaur Classics) [The 100 greatest novels of all time - #36] 1 copy
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Collins Classics) Reprint edition by Carroll, Lewis (2010) Paperback (1707) 1 copy
ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND By LEWIS CARROLL, ca. 1910 Illustrated by JOHN TENNIEL (1910) 1 copy
The Nursery Alice - A Children's Edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (2019) 1 copy, 1 review
ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND (ILLUSTRATED) with the original John Tenniel Illustrations (2021) 1 copy
OBRAS SELECTAS 1 copy
Alicia en el país de las maravillas | A través del espejo | La caza del Snark (Spanish Edition) 1 copy
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and What the Tortoise Said to Achilles and Other Riddles (2012) 1 copy
The Three Voices 1 copy
Alice: Le avventure di Alice nel paese delle meraviglie ; Attraverso lo specchio e quello che Alice vi trovò (2004) 1 copy
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and Through the Looking-Glass ... Illustrated by A. H. Watson (1957) 1 copy
Alice Aynanin içinden 1 copy
Alice nel paese delle meraviglie — Author — 1 copy
Looking-Glass House: The Lost Manuscript of "Through the Looking-Glass" by Lewis Carroll (2016) 1 copy
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass - With Sixteen Full-Page Illustrations by Blanche McManus (2016) 1 copy
The Superscope Story Teller Presents: Alice's Adventures Through the Looking Glass, Queen Alice 1 copy
Cartas às suas amiguinhas 1 copy
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Other Stories (Leatherbound Classics) by Lewis Carroll (2010) Hardcover (2010) 1 copy
Alice in Wonderland. Retold from the story by Lewis Carroll. Illustrated (Silver Torch Series. no. 50.) (1945) 1 copy
The Children's classics 1 copy
????????アリス 1 copy
The Two Brothers 1 copy
THE LEWIS CARROLL BOOK 1 copy
Facts 1 copy
By Lewis Carroll Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (Oxford Children's Classics) [Hardcover] (2011) 1 copy
Lès-avirètes da Alice ô payis dès mèrvèyes (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in Walloon) (2012) 1 copy
Illustrating Alice 1 copy
Alices Adventures in Wonderland & Works (Fall River Classics) by Lewis Carroll (Box set, 7 Nov 2015) Hardcover (1600) 1 copy
ALICE IN WONDERLAND [GIANT JUNIOR CLASSICS 51] — Author — 1 copy
The 'Wonderland' Postage Stamp Case, invented by Lewis Carroll, with Words about Letter Writing 1 copy
Symbolic Logic: Prospectus 1 copy
Crundle Castle 1 copy
The Walking Stick of Destiny 1 copy
La Vision des trois T: Thrénodie (Traduit de l'anglais par Pascaline et Alain Gheerbrant) (1945) 1 copy
La magia di Lewis Carroll 1 copy
Alice in Wonderland & Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll: With an Excerpt from The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll (2016) 1 copy
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland （Complete and unabridged with illustrations by Sir John Tenniel ） 1 copy
The Mathematical Works of Lewis Carroll: Symbolic Logic, The Game of Logic & Feeding the Mind (2017) 1 copy
Huntin of the Snark, The 1 copy
Alice in Wonderland ETC. 1 copy
Der an Gweder Meras ha Myns a Gafas Alys Ena: Through the Looking-Glass in Cornish (Cornish Edition) (2015) 1 copy
Cuộc Phiêu Lưu Của Alice Trong Xứ Sở Thần Tiên: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Vietnamese edition (2021) 1 copy
Dee Erläwnisse von Alice em Wundalaund (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in Mennonite Low German) (Germanic Languages Edition) (2012) 1 copy
Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in Border Scots (Scots Edition) (2015) 1 copy
Logique sans peine 1 copy
Alicia en el país de las maravillas -Edición ilustrada-: Ilustraciones originales de John Tenniel (Spanish Edition) (2021) 1 copy
Estuche Alicia en el país de las maravillas: Alicia en el país de las maravillas + A través del espejo (2021) 1 copy
Aventuras de Alicia en el país de las maravillas ; Al otro lado del espejo y lo que vio Alicia allí. 1 copy
Cara Alice 1 copy
Una storia intricata 1 copy
'Alisi 'i he Fonua 'o e Fakaofo: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in Tongan (Tonga Nyasa Edition) (2014) 1 copy
Alice im Wunderland (Mit Originalillustrationen): Der beliebte Kinderklassiker: Alices Abenteuer im Wunderland (2019) 1 copy
Reading and Training. A set of graded readers: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: Text adaption and activities by Gaia Ierace (1998) 1 copy
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland: Collector’s edition, beautifully illustrated by Gwynedd M Hudson 1 copy
Alice in Wonderland with COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS + Through the Looking-Glass (Includes Free Audio) (2012) 1 copy
Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass, and what Alice found there (The Reader's Library) 1 copy
Alicia a través del espejo 1 copy
Alica v čudežni deželi 1 copy
Lewis Carroll's Alice through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (Pennyroyal Edition) (2019) 1 copy
Doublets - A Word-Puzzle 1 copy
Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in Shetland Scots) (Scots Edition) (2012) 1 copy
Alice hinter den Spiegeln 1 copy
Alisa-ney Aventuras in Divalanda: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in Lingwa de Planeta (2014) 1 copy
Alice,s adventures in Wonder 1 copy
Alice im Wunderland (Illustriert von John Tenniel): Alices Abenteuer im Wunderland (German Edition) (2014) 1 copy
Ludovici Carroll liber notissimus primum abhinc annis centum editus : Alicia in terra mirabili 1 copy
Le avventure di Alice 1 copy
The silver torch series, no. 50, Alice in Wonderland, retold from the story by Lewis Carroll 1 copy, 1 review
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Smokey the Bear, First 'A' Edition 1955, a Little Golden Book Hardcover (A Little Golden Book) 1 copy
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Carroll, Lewis (2012) Mass Market Paperback (1972) 1 copy
Disney's Alice in Wonderland 1 copy
Alice in Wonderland: The Complete Collection (The Greatest Fictional Characters of All Time) (2017) 1 copy
Alice in Wonderland: The Complete Collection (Quattro Classics) (The Greatest Writers of All Time) (2019) 1 copy
Alice au Pays des Merveilles – De l'autre côté du miroir Edition intégrale, illustrations originales de John Tenniel (2021) 1 copy
Treasury of Children's Classics: 'Alice in Wonderland', 'The Wizard of Oz' and 'Black Beauty' (1900) 1 copy
Alice No Pais Do Espelho 1 copy
Aventuras de Alice no país das maravilhas ; Através do espelho e o que Alice encontrou por lá 1 copy
Cartas de Aniversário 1 copy
Alice in Wonderland Classic Book by Lewis Carroll with Illustrations by Sir John Tenniel (2021) 1 copy
Alicia en el país de las maravillas. A traves del espejo, La caza del Snark (Penguin Clásicos) (Spanish Edition) (2013) 1 copy
Alice no País das Maravilhas — Author — 1 copy
Alice au Pays des Merveilles (French edition of Alice in Wonderland) / Disney book and DVD package in French) (2002) 1 copy
Alice in Wunderland 1 copy
Study guide Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (in-depth literary analysis and complete summary) (2020) 1 copy
Alice's Adventures Under Ground: Turning the pages of Lewis Carroll's Original Manuscript (2005) 1 copy
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (Penguin English Library) by Carroll, Lewis (2012) Paperback (2012) 1 copy
rimas no país das maravilhas 1 copy
Haddocks' Eyes 1 copy
Ukrainian Book for Kids. Алiса в Дивокраї. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Алиса в Стране чудес. Alisa v Strane chudes (2014) 1 copy
Алiса в Задзеркаллi. Through The Looking Glass and What Alice Found There. Алиса в Зазеркалье. Alisa v Zazerkal'ye (2014) 1 copy
Alice Para os Mais Pequenos 1 copy
Compete Works 1 copy
LEWIS CARROLL: VARIOUS BOOKS 1 copy
Alice In Kammaland 1 copy
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: A Pop-Up Adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Original Tale (2003) 1,154 copies, 28 reviews
Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (1995) — Contributor, some editions — 1,011 copies, 7 reviews
The Illustrated Treasury of Children's Literature, Volumes 1-2 (1955) — Contributor — 520 copies, 4 reviews
World Poetry: An Anthology of Verse from Antiquity to Our Time (1998) — Contributor — 496 copies, 2 reviews
The Norton Anthology of English Literature, 4th Edition, Volume 2 (1979) — Contributor — 269 copies, 1 review
The Graphic Canon, Vol. 2: From "Kubla Khan" to the Brontë Sisters to The Picture of Dorian Gray (2012) — Contributor — 210 copies, 2 reviews
The Children's Treasury: Best Loved Stories and Poems from Around the World (1987) — Contributor — 164 copies, 2 reviews
An American Album: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Harper's Magazine (2000) — Contributor — 145 copies, 1 review
Once Upon a Time: The Fairy Tale World of Arthur Rackham (1972) — Contributor — 136 copies, 5 reviews
The Sophisticated Cat: A Gathering of Stories, Poems, and Miscellaneous Writings About Cats (1992) — Contributor — 112 copies, 1 review
The Graphic Canon of Children's Literature: The World's Greatest Kids' Lit as Comics and Visuals (2014) — Contributor — 101 copies, 1 review
Alice in Wonderland (adapted ∙ Penguin Readers Level 2) (2000) — Original author — 67 copies, 23 reviews
The World of Law, Volumes I-II: The Law in Literature, The Law as Literature (1960) — Contributor — 54 copies
The Dedalus Book of British Fantasy: 19th Century (European Literary Fantasy Anthologies) (1991) — Contributor — 47 copies
Alice's Adventure in Wonderland: A Young Reader's Edition of the Classic Story by Lewis Carroll (Children's classics) (1992) 40 copies
Alice Illustrated: 120 Images from the Classic Tales of Lewis Carroll (Dover Fine Art, History of Art) (2012) — Contributor — 22 copies
20 Masterpieces of Fantasy Fiction Vol. 1: Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Tarzan of the Apes...... (2021) — Contributor — 21 copies
Grolier Classics: History of Tom Jones, Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Leaves of Grass (1956) — Contributor — 18 copies
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Fantastic Imaginings: A Journey Through 3500 Years of Imaginative Writing, Comprising Fantasy, Horror, and Science Fiction (2012) — Contributor — 4 copies
Jan Himp und die kleine Brise / Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Cry, the Beloved Country / The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood / Der Besuch im Karzer (1974) — Author — 3 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Carroll, Lewis
- Legal name
- Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge
- Other names
- An Unendowed Researcher
C.L.D.
Oedipus - Birthdate
- 1832-01-27
- Date of death
- 1898-01-14
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Rugby School, Rugby, England, UK
Christ Church, Oxford - Occupations
- writer
mathematician
photographer
logician
cleric
artist - Organizations
- Church of England
Christ Church College, Oxford - Relationships
- Fox, Alice Wilson (cousin)
Collingwood, Stuart Dodgson (nephew)
Ruskin, John (friend)
Kitchin, G. W. (friend) - Short biography
- Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name, Lewis Carroll, was an English writer, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer. His most famous writings are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, its sequel Through the Looking-Glass, which includes the poem "Jabberwocky", and the poem "The Hunting of the Snark", all examples of the genre of literary nonsense. He is noted for his facility at word play, logic, and fantasy.
- Cause of death
- pneumonia
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Daresbury, Cheshire, England, UK
- Places of residence
- Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Whitburn Sands, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, UK - Place of death
- Guildford, Surrey, England, UK
- Burial location
- Mount Cemetery, Guildford, Surrey, England, UK
- Map Location
- England, UK
- Disambiguation notice
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Reviews
Moral of the story: your kids will be alright. Alice in Wonderland should be read by every prospective parent. More so than what to expect when expecting and what happens in the first year type books and from there any and every child development book that mentions milestones and behaviours. All they do is cause anxiety for everyone concerned. Despite my efforts, the kids turned out OK. Probably because I avoided kids books about messages and preferred to read nursery rhymes and silly old show more story books where not much happens. But I do wish I had read them Alice.
A few chapters in and I realised timing is everything. When I read to my two children, I only got as far as Winnie the Pooh and nothing more sophisticated than that followed. There is a natural moment when children no longer need you reading to them at night and when that happens you start realising that they will eventually grow up without you. Perhaps it’s just before or just after they go to school. I would’ve read Alice to them, but I must've thought it a little too sophisticated at the time, by then I was unnecessary at bedtime and withdrew from that part of their lives. Though I doubt that now. And besides, they had learned to read by then, anyway. I liked reading them nursery rhymes like the Mother Goose series. I mean, I care little about the Grand old Duke of York and his 10 thousand men, but it’s got rhythm. Though perhaps in teen years, reading Alice could be a guide to kids wanting to experiment with psychoactive drugs. But by then they should read it themselves when it might have lessons.
I thought Alice is the perfect child: she basically entertains herself on a sunny afternoon in the garden. No hovering parents in her life. She spots a rabbit, thinks it would be a fun idea to see where it’s going and she has a wonderful time. One minute she’s bored (every modern parent’s nightmare) then *poof*, like magic she’s gone on a wild trip. Just think a child can entertain itself with just imagination (or psychoactive drugs since there could be mushrooms in the garden, though it's a little late in summer for them I’m told). And then *poof* she returns tells her sister who then has a similar experience (maybe they shared drugs) and we have one of two things, either the whole thing was a dream that made a great story and the sister’s imagination was similarly fired up. Or, we have a folie a duex, a strange thing in the psychiatric literature where two people have the same delusion, rare and unprovable (but then this IS the 19thC, though so more things were possible before being disproven, and besides we’re so individually minded now we probably wouldn’t even share a delusion if we could).
Everyone knows about the mad hatter’s tea party, the melancholy story of the mock turtle, the flamingo crochet mallets, hedgehog rolled up as balls, a queen with a fetish for ordering executions and that wonderfully disembodied head of the Cheshire Cat. And then there’s Alice, who is kind of ballsy, likes to argue, doesn’t agree with people; she drinks everything she finds underground in this whacky world regardless of what she learned from the last time she tried something and perhaps because she knew she would shrink or grow; and springs up to speak her mind which makes her sound very modern and unmanageable. But, this is 19th C and parents seem to want to know very little of the child’s world and leave them to their own devices meaning they get to grow up through experiences, rather than endure adult theories about resilience through seminar style education.
“Off with my head!”, I am ranting, the Queen will likely be telling me about now. But this is a truly extraordinary book. It’s language is clear and direct: I could follow the absurd descent in the opening when Alice is travelling downwards for such a long time knowing it’s implausible along the way, except that something has happened to time and so we can easily believe how long it takes. The little rhymes that pepper the story are actually fun and well written, too. Clearly Lewis Carroll could write. He was educated as and often worked as a mathematician, a skill he likely brought to his writing which might explain its precise. It’s a lesson in reading and writing good English, without being a lesson in anything except perhaps leave children to grow up by experience. show less
A few chapters in and I realised timing is everything. When I read to my two children, I only got as far as Winnie the Pooh and nothing more sophisticated than that followed. There is a natural moment when children no longer need you reading to them at night and when that happens you start realising that they will eventually grow up without you. Perhaps it’s just before or just after they go to school. I would’ve read Alice to them, but I must've thought it a little too sophisticated at the time, by then I was unnecessary at bedtime and withdrew from that part of their lives. Though I doubt that now. And besides, they had learned to read by then, anyway. I liked reading them nursery rhymes like the Mother Goose series. I mean, I care little about the Grand old Duke of York and his 10 thousand men, but it’s got rhythm. Though perhaps in teen years, reading Alice could be a guide to kids wanting to experiment with psychoactive drugs. But by then they should read it themselves when it might have lessons.
I thought Alice is the perfect child: she basically entertains herself on a sunny afternoon in the garden. No hovering parents in her life. She spots a rabbit, thinks it would be a fun idea to see where it’s going and she has a wonderful time. One minute she’s bored (every modern parent’s nightmare) then *poof*, like magic she’s gone on a wild trip. Just think a child can entertain itself with just imagination (or psychoactive drugs since there could be mushrooms in the garden, though it's a little late in summer for them I’m told). And then *poof* she returns tells her sister who then has a similar experience (maybe they shared drugs) and we have one of two things, either the whole thing was a dream that made a great story and the sister’s imagination was similarly fired up. Or, we have a folie a duex, a strange thing in the psychiatric literature where two people have the same delusion, rare and unprovable (but then this IS the 19thC, though so more things were possible before being disproven, and besides we’re so individually minded now we probably wouldn’t even share a delusion if we could).
Everyone knows about the mad hatter’s tea party, the melancholy story of the mock turtle, the flamingo crochet mallets, hedgehog rolled up as balls, a queen with a fetish for ordering executions and that wonderfully disembodied head of the Cheshire Cat. And then there’s Alice, who is kind of ballsy, likes to argue, doesn’t agree with people; she drinks everything she finds underground in this whacky world regardless of what she learned from the last time she tried something and perhaps because she knew she would shrink or grow; and springs up to speak her mind which makes her sound very modern and unmanageable. But, this is 19th C and parents seem to want to know very little of the child’s world and leave them to their own devices meaning they get to grow up through experiences, rather than endure adult theories about resilience through seminar style education.
“Off with my head!”, I am ranting, the Queen will likely be telling me about now. But this is a truly extraordinary book. It’s language is clear and direct: I could follow the absurd descent in the opening when Alice is travelling downwards for such a long time knowing it’s implausible along the way, except that something has happened to time and so we can easily believe how long it takes. The little rhymes that pepper the story are actually fun and well written, too. Clearly Lewis Carroll could write. He was educated as and often worked as a mathematician, a skill he likely brought to his writing which might explain its precise. It’s a lesson in reading and writing good English, without being a lesson in anything except perhaps leave children to grow up by experience. show less
“We’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.” The Chesire cat to Alice
What delightful wonderous nonsense. To spend 2 hours and 44 minutes listening to Scarlett Johansson’s joyful narration of "Alice in Wonderland" was like a breeze of fresh air for my overworked brain.
“Well! I’ve often seen a cat without a grin… but a grin without a cat! It’s the most curious thing I ever saw in my life!”
Is it subversive nonsense? Filled with hidden meanings? Cleverly organised and show more meticulously metered out nonsense? Maybe…I don’t know - overblown psychoanalytical interpretations kill the wonder of it all - and it’s original intention: The enchanted nonsense of a child’s imagination. As the forever tea party - where Alice ponders:
“The Hatter’s remark seemed to have no sort of meaning in it, and yet it was certainly English.”
And it’s certainly a “curious dream” I will revisit again and again. Scarlett, we have a date next year for another 2 hours and 44 minutes. show less
What delightful wonderous nonsense. To spend 2 hours and 44 minutes listening to Scarlett Johansson’s joyful narration of "Alice in Wonderland" was like a breeze of fresh air for my overworked brain.
“Well! I’ve often seen a cat without a grin… but a grin without a cat! It’s the most curious thing I ever saw in my life!”
Is it subversive nonsense? Filled with hidden meanings? Cleverly organised and show more meticulously metered out nonsense? Maybe…I don’t know - overblown psychoanalytical interpretations kill the wonder of it all - and it’s original intention: The enchanted nonsense of a child’s imagination. As the forever tea party - where Alice ponders:
“The Hatter’s remark seemed to have no sort of meaning in it, and yet it was certainly English.”
And it’s certainly a “curious dream” I will revisit again and again. Scarlett, we have a date next year for another 2 hours and 44 minutes. show less
Of course I had read Alice in Wonderland. I mean, surely I have. Right? Long time ago. I feel sure I did. Didn't I?
Turns out, I had merely been exposed to its wacky world by way of movies, cartoons, and vast cultural references. Upon my actually reading it and to my pleasant surprise, there is a lot more wackiness in it I never knew about. My favorite new wackadoodle being Bill the Lizard, poor put-upon character Bill that I don't recall ever showing up when being movie-ized.
It's much more show more delightful than just all those odd talking creatures. As a Math fan, I loved the correct assessment Alice makes that she would never reach 20 while doing her multiplication self-test. (Carroll was a mathematics professor.) And so many puns and word play I was completely unaware of. I mean, a Mock Turtle turtle? That just strikes my funny bone.
Maybe it's because we never outgrow that heeby-jeeby feeling that the world is teetering toward illogical strangeness and could tumble into full blown madness at any moment that Alice resonates over the years and to all ages (I'm 61). Rightly so, too. I mean, there's young Alice -- fallen into a world of livery-wearing fish, flamingos as not-very-cooperative croquet mallets, and schools that teach Laughing and Grief (another funny bone strike!) -- and she plays right along. She faces all manner of disorientation and possible danger with aplomb and curiosity. It's no wonder Alice has lasted so long and in so many ways. show less
Turns out, I had merely been exposed to its wacky world by way of movies, cartoons, and vast cultural references. Upon my actually reading it and to my pleasant surprise, there is a lot more wackiness in it I never knew about. My favorite new wackadoodle being Bill the Lizard, poor put-upon character Bill that I don't recall ever showing up when being movie-ized.
It's much more show more delightful than just all those odd talking creatures. As a Math fan, I loved the correct assessment Alice makes that she would never reach 20 while doing her multiplication self-test. (Carroll was a mathematics professor.) And so many puns and word play I was completely unaware of. I mean, a Mock Turtle turtle? That just strikes my funny bone.
Maybe it's because we never outgrow that heeby-jeeby feeling that the world is teetering toward illogical strangeness and could tumble into full blown madness at any moment that Alice resonates over the years and to all ages (I'm 61). Rightly so, too. I mean, there's young Alice -- fallen into a world of livery-wearing fish, flamingos as not-very-cooperative croquet mallets, and schools that teach Laughing and Grief (another funny bone strike!) -- and she plays right along. She faces all manner of disorientation and possible danger with aplomb and curiosity. It's no wonder Alice has lasted so long and in so many ways. show less
This book was so much fun. I listened to the audio version narrated by Jodie Comer, and I laughed out loud at some passages. I wonder that the theatrical quality of this book makes it particularly better when read aloud.
This was a re-read, but I cannot recall the impressions from that reading experience so many years ago. I read it then in Portuguese, which now listening in English, made me think if some of the word play could be fully translated: “the reason they’re called lessons,’ show more the Gryphon remarked: ‘because they lessen from day to day.”
Then, the witticisms are both deeply intelligent and naïve, spot-on to make one ponder and smile:
“Where do you want to go?" was his responce. "I don't know" Alice answered. "Then," said the cat, "it doesn't matter.”
“A dream is not reality but who's to say which is which?”
“I could tell you my adventures—beginning from this morning,’ said Alice a little timidly: ‘but it’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.”
There are certainly political undertones that were completely over my head. So many beheadings and a court scene out of a Kafka novel. I wondered about googling its deep meanings, but I decided to let it be. I did learn that Lewis Carroll was a pen name for an accountant that first wrote the story to amuse his younger daughter, Alice. I will stay with that. show less
This was a re-read, but I cannot recall the impressions from that reading experience so many years ago. I read it then in Portuguese, which now listening in English, made me think if some of the word play could be fully translated: “the reason they’re called lessons,’ show more the Gryphon remarked: ‘because they lessen from day to day.”
Then, the witticisms are both deeply intelligent and naïve, spot-on to make one ponder and smile:
“Where do you want to go?" was his responce. "I don't know" Alice answered. "Then," said the cat, "it doesn't matter.”
“A dream is not reality but who's to say which is which?”
“I could tell you my adventures—beginning from this morning,’ said Alice a little timidly: ‘but it’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.”
There are certainly political undertones that were completely over my head. So many beheadings and a court scene out of a Kafka novel. I wondered about googling its deep meanings, but I decided to let it be. I did learn that Lewis Carroll was a pen name for an accountant that first wrote the story to amuse his younger daughter, Alice. I will stay with that. show less
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