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Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, #2)

Lewis Carroll,

John Tenniel (Illustrator),

Peter Glassman (Afterword)

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Aug 24, 2010 Gaijinmama rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: kids, fiction

Really fun and trippy. What a wild imagination Lewis Carroll had! There is no actual historical evidence that he used drugs but...seriously what was he on??!!
Many of everyone's favorite bits from the various film versions (Jabberwocky, Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee) are from this book, not Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, so I highly recommend reading this one. It was a little hard for my kids to understand but Mommy here had a great time with it! ...more

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Aug 24, 2021 superawesomekt rated it really liked it

Shelves: juvenile-literature, british-literature, fantasy, nonsense

The waiters set a leg of mutton before Alice, who looked at it rather anxiously, as she had never had to carve a joint before.

"You look a little shy; let me introduce you to that leg of mutton," said the Red Queen. "Alice—Mutton; Mutton—Alice." The leg of mutton got up in the dish and made a little bow to Alice; and Alice returned the bow, not knowing whether to be frightened or amused.

"May I give you a slice?" she said, taking up the knife and fork, and looking from one Queen to the other.

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