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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (Classic Collection)
Most people know that this book was written for the daughtersof friend of Carroll's, but did you know that this book might neverhave been printed if it hadn't been for George MacDonald's eleven children? MacDonald was a friend of Carroll's and when Carroll finished the book he asked MacDonald to read the book to his children to see if it was any good, and of course they loved it. George MacDonald later published some children's books of his own including "The Princess and the Goblin" and many others which are fantastic and every child should read them. This is a great book, is easy to read, is quite short and could be read entirely in a few short hours. I also highly recomend getting the edition illustrated by Helen Oxenbury, it is fanatastic.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (Classic Collection)
I think Alice in Wonderland is the best book I ever read.It realy makes you think.It kind of makes you think of what you would do if you were Alice,And wonder what will happen next.I think it's the neateds of things about falling down rabbit holes,changing sizes,and more.If I got to chose on any book in the world it would be my all time favorit"Alice in Wonderland".
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (Classic Collection)
Alice in Wonderland is a classic that all young spirited people should read. It has adventure, love, fantasy, and a lot of fantastic nonsense. Every page is exciting and mysterious with a bewildering twist. Lewis Carrol exceeds on making a childerns story into a fantastic novel for all ages. He has great imagination that he uses in his puns, riddles, and characters to make nonsense into complete thoughts and morals. Alice is a creative little girl who seems to find adventure around every corner. Everybody in Wonderland is just as creative as Alice; they all seem to be intelligent and fully spirited. This novel is something no one wants to pass by. Personally, I suggest this book becomes a classic everyone should have to read. Many things in this book capture a moment, like this qoute,"The Caterpillar and Alice looked at each other for some time in silence: at last the Caterpillar took the Hookah out of its mouth, and addressed her in a languid, sleepy voice. "Who are you?" said the Caterpillar. This was not an encouraging opening for a conversation. Alice replied, rather shyly, "I-I hardly know, sir, just at present - at least I know who I was when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times sice then." Another quote that stood out and will help choose this as your next book to read is from the cat. "In that directoin," The Cat said, waving its paw around, "lives a Hatter: and THAT direction," waving the other paw, "lives teh March Hare. Visit either you like: They're both mad." "But I dont want to go amoung mad people," Alice replied. "oh, you can't help that," said the Cat."we're all mad here. I am mad, You are mad."
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (Classic Collection)
When I was younger, I watched the Disney version of this book and was left absolutely horrified by what I had seen. I was about four years old and the constant visions of strange and horrid looking creatures flashing on the screen made me want to leave the room. Because of this, I was not so sure how much I wanted to read this story. Actually, even now, I'm not all together convinced that I really like this story. I feel that it is somewhat sacrilegious to say so but I just don't enjoy this story all that much. As read through the first few pages I could still see the strange and haunting images from the twisted children's movie. Maybe that's what has ruined this tale for me, but I do sincerely feel that it is more than that. When I am reading, I begin to feel hopeless, lost and somewhat confused. I don't really feel happy about saying this since I'm a high school boy, but I feel that you should know how strange the concepts are in this book. Honestly, I must say that reading this book made me feel as though I were on a drug trip. This book has the strangest and most disturbing elements such as drinks that reduce your size and cakes that re-enlarge you. Not to mention that creepy, talking cat in the tree, the Cheshire Cat.From a thematic point of view, I suppose you could say that one theme from this story is the frustrations that come with the loss of one's childhood. What I mean by this is that when a person gets older, they encounter physical changes that radically change they way that a child views the world and may even frustrate them. Across the entirety of Alice's adventures, she runs into a series of absolutely ridiculous changes. While these changes are much more absurd than real changes we incur growing up, they cause Alice to become traumatized, frustrated, and even change her perspective of the world. Although she is forced to go through these changes, she continues to struggle to maintain a comfortable physical size. In chapter one, she tries to follow a rabbit into a garden and is unable to fit through the entrance because she is too large. She takes a drink that shrinks her to the appropriate size but then realizes that she left the key to the entrance on the above table. She then eats a cake that grows her to the size at which she can retrieve the key but is then once again too large to enter the garden, which is very frustrating to her. Again in chapter five, she looses control over her physical build and gets an irregularly long neck.As for the characters in this book, I find all of them one hundred percent unbelievable and terrifying. The characters are all introduced abruptly and are completely beyond reason. For example, the Mad Hatter and his fellow creatures are constantly making insane remarks about class and the state of things. There is also a strange creature named the Cheshire Cat who is unaffected by all that goes on in Wonderland and merely observes all that goes on, somewhat like a stocker.This story is told through the perspective of a narrative view through Alice's eyes and conclusions of the new world she has entered. This view gives a good perspective of how crazy the world can be. I mean, Wonderland may seem like and absolutely mashed land of turmoil but through the eyes of Wonderland, Alice is absolutely mad. I suppose this could be compared with the difference in views in today's society and other countries.Again, I must say that I don't really like this book personally simply because it disturbs me so much, but I would still recommend it to others as they may not feel the same way. It really is a well written story, even if I don't like the general plot. I give this book a three out of five star rating.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (Classic Collection)
This is about the font size, NOT the content. Gardner's comments are about a 5 pt. (i.e., smaller than used by newspapers for legal notices). Had I known, I would have gotten the hard back edition.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (Classic Collection)
I purchased the Penguin kindle edition in June 2012. ASIN: B00358VHO2 There is an entire poem missing from chapter 3 of Wonderland. When I looked at Chapter 3 of Looking Glass, I immediately found two spelling mistakes. Who knows what else I would have found if I had read the book from cover to cover, rather than trying to find a favourite poem. Buy the book if you want, but you will not be getting the full text.