Alice in Wonderland

Wordsworth Classics

By Lewis Carroll, Michael Irwin (Introduction by), Sir John Tenniel (Illustrated by)

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Average Rating: (See all 7 reviews) Format: Paperback, 288 pages Other Information: illustrations Published In: United Kingdom, 06 September 1995 Quantity Available: 99 Ships within 6-12 days This selection of Carroll's works includes "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and its sequel, "Through the Looking-Glass", both containing the famous illustrations by Sir John Tenniel. No greater books for children have ever been written. The simple language, dreamlike atmosphere, and fantastical characters are as appealing to young readers today as ever they were. Meanwhile, however, these apparently simple stories have become recognised as adult masterpieces, and extraordinary experiments, years ahead of their time, in Modernism and Surrealism. Through wordplay, parody and logical and philosophical puzzles, Carroll engenders a variety of sub-texts, teasing, ominous or melancholy. For all the surface playfulness there is meaning everywhere. The author reveals himself in glimpses. About the Author With an Introduction and Notes by Michael Irwin, Professor of English Literature, University of Kent at Canterbury From The Publisher: Wordsworth Classics covers a huge list of beloved works of literature in English and translations. This growing series is rigorously updated, with scholarly introductions and notes added to new titles. Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd ISBN: 1853260029 EAN: 9781853260025 Dimensions: 19.0 x 126.0 x 1.0 centimeters

This book is very amusing. We see a young bored girl chucked into a world where she has difficulty making sense of what is happening and even what the characters are saying. Alice takes with her her upper class snobbery and gets very annoyed by the characters inabilty to give her a direct anser tho really she is not asking the right question all the time

Of course, a classic. The mystery and adventure Alice is taken on leaves the reader amused as well as bemused. From the strange (a hookah smoking caterpilllar) to the improbable (Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee) to the downright silly (twas brillig and the slithy toves...). Enjoyable for all ages!

he book is an easy read in terms of language used and basic readability. Lewis Carroll (a pen-name) is fairly particular about punctuation, adding in apostrophies and dashes wherever he likes. This doesn't impact the readibility of the text, but shows a certain pet-peeve that the author had which becomes rather humerous at times.

Almost everyone has heard of the book or movies based on it, but very few have actually read it. Apparently it has an association with drug/stoner culture because of it's metaphysical plays on laws of nature, time and space and also it's associations with hallucination. I think that the story can be interpreted in a number of ways. It is primariliy a childrens story, written infact for one Alice Lidell back in the 1860's, but because of the complicated way of changing reality into something more real but less ordered than a dream, I can see why it holds particular associations. The book is a classic, it's meaning is not lost almost one-hundred and fifty years after pulication.

Everyone knows the story of this children's classic, be it from the Disney version or other picture books, but the original can't be beaten for a first-time trip into Victorian children's literature. Still surprisingly fresh and funny over a century later, this is one of those books everyone should have read at least once in their lives.

Based on a young girl called Alice....this is a story of a young girl who's fantasies take control of her life...and soon finds herself in a big big muddle. Desperately trying to get home...she goes through many mini adventures...scaring her....but in the end they teach her a great life lesson. a great book for young children...about 10 years old....any younger and it may scare them
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When spinning a tale for a young acquaintance, Lewis Caroll produced something pretty nifty indeed. Talking rabbits, size changing, crazy playing cards and all sorts of weird animals, things and people. Highly entertaining to just about everybody is what Wonderland has become. Definitely a lot of fun to follow Alice's adventures.

This is one of my all-time favourite books.

'Alice' is far more than just a childrens novel. It actually consists of two seperate books 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland', and 'Through the Looking Glass'. It is recommended to read them both together, in order, to get the full story.

Alice is a book that adults and teens can appreciate too, in the same way they enjoy Harry Potter. Personally, I see 'Alice' as being a metaphor for the journey through being a teenager, then becoming an adult. Don't take my concept too seriously, as I am not a book expert nor a Lewis Carroll expert, but I AM a very big fan of his work and I have read Alice enough times to have thought this theory through. The strange people Alice meets, the bizarre situations she finds herself in...it could definetely be compared to growing up, finding yourself become a teenager and then an adult. But remember... Alice herself, as the novel says, is 7 years old, and this was obviously not Lewis Carrolls intention for the novel - just my own personal interpretation of it.

But read it for yourself, and see what you get out of it.

Also recommended if you're obsessed with Alice like I am:
'White Rabbit', a song by Jefferson Airplane that uses the theme of Alice.

Lewis Carrolls works:
- the Hunting of the Snark
- Sylvia and Bruno (although its not nearly as good as Alice)
- his riddles and puzzles
- The poetry of Lewis Carroll

This book includes other works by L.C so you may find some of the above in it.