Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll

Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll

Publisher: Puffin (2011)

208 pages, Paperback (Purchased Myself for $4.99)

Book Rating: 5 Stars

Content Ratings:

Violence: Mild-Moderate-Brutal

Swearing: Clean-Light-Filthy

Sexual Content: White-Pink-Red

Summary:

A young girl, named Alice, falls asleep and dreams of exploring the alternate world inside the mirror (or on the other side of the looking-glass).

My Thoughts:

This is largely a continuation of the fantastical sorts of adventures she had in the first volume (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland), though this time many things are reversed (or in mirror image) and her adventures are constructed within the framework of a life-sized chess board. Most of the poetry I had remembered from my childhood in connection with Alice was in this volume, and I was surprised to find, upon rereading, the harsh and sometimes sinister connotations they relayed that I had not grasped when I was younger and/or perhaps had only heard out of context previously. Interesting read with beautiful flowing prose and verse.

Edition Notes:

This Puffin Classics edition included illustrations by John Tenniel. I loved the illustrations!

Quotes:

“‘It seems very pretty,’ she said when she had finished it, ‘but it’s rather hard to understand!’ (You see she didn’t like to confess, even to herself, that she couldn’t make it out at all.) ‘Somehow it seems to fill my head with ideas—only I don’t exactly know what they are! ‘” -Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass

“‘The time has come,’ the Walrus said. ‘To talk of many things: Of shoes—and ships—and sealing wax—Of cabbages—and kings— And why the sea is boiling hot—And whether pigs have wings.’” -Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass

“The rule is, jam to-morrow and jam yesterday—but never jam to-day.” -Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass

“It’s a poor sort of memory that only works backwards.” -Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass

“Why sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” -Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass