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Alices Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
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Paperback Penguin Classics English
By (author) Lewis Carroll , Illustrated by John Tenniel , Edited by Hugh Haughton


A work of glorious intelligence and literary devices . . . Nonsense becomes a form of higher sense Malcolm Bradbury

I had sent my heroine straight down a rabbit-hole . . . without the least idea what was to happen afterwards, wrote Lewis Carroll, describing how Alice was conjured up one golden afternoon to entertain a young girl. His dream worlds of nonsensical Wonderland and the back-to-front Looking-Glass kingdom depict order turned upside-down: a baby turns into a pig, time is abandoned at a disordered tea-party and a seven-year-old girl is made Queen. But amongst the anarchic humour and sparkling word play, puzzles and riddles, are poignant moments of nostalgia for lost childhood.

Edited with an Introduction and notes by Hugh Haughton


Product details

For ages 12-17
Format Paperback | 448 pages
Dimensions 129 x 198 x 25mm | 326g
Publication date 01 May 2003
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint Penguin Classics
Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
Language English
Edition Statement Revised ed.
Illustrations note with ill.
ISBN10 0141439769
ISBN13 9780141439761
Bestsellers rank 58,596