Journey to Wonderland and through the Looking Glass with Alice. Meet the unforgettable characters of these two magical books, collected in one volume: the White Rabbit, the Mad Hatter, the Cheshire Cat, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, and many others. Nothing is ordinary in the surprising worlds Alice finds herself in! Lewis Carroll's (1832-1898) popular books about Alice marked a turning point in children's literature--for the first time, children's stories were primarily for fun, rather than for instruction or moralizing.
In 1862 Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, a shy Oxford mathematician with a stammer, created a story about a little girl tumbling down a rabbit hole. Thus began the immortal adventures of Alice, perhaps the most popular heroine in English literature. Countless scholars have tried to define the charm of the Alice books--with those wonderfully eccentric characters the Queen of Hearts, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, the Cheshire Cat, the Mock Turtle, the Mad Hatter, et al.--by proclaiming that they really comprise a satire on language, a political allegory, a parody of Victorian children’s literature, even a reflection of contemporary ecclesiastical history. Perhaps, as Dodgson might have said, Alice is no more than a dream, a fairy tale about the trials and tribulations of growing up--or down, or all turned around--as seen through the expert eyes of a child.
This edition includes the original illustrations by John Tenniel and an introduction by Morton N. Cohen.
Introduction by Morton N. Cohen
Ⅰ Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
CHAPTER Ⅰ
Down the Rabbit-Hole
CHAPTER Ⅱ
The Pool of Tears
CHAPTER Ⅲ
A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale
CHAPTER Ⅳ
The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill
CHAPTER Ⅴ
Advice from a Caterpillar
CHAPTER Ⅵ
Pig and Pepper
CHAPTER Ⅶ
A Mad Tea-Party
CHAPTER Ⅷ
The Queen’s Croquet Ground
CHAPTER Ⅸ
The Mock Turtle’s Story
CHAPTER Ⅹ
The Lobster-Quadrille
CHAPTER Ⅺ
Who Stole the Tarts?
CHAPTER Ⅻ
Alice’s Evidence
Ⅱ Through the Looking-Glass
Preface to 1896 Edition
CHAPTER Ⅰ
Looking-Glass House
CHAPTER Ⅱ
The Garden of Live Flowers
CHAPTER Ⅲ
Looking-Glass Insects
CHAPTER Ⅳ
Tweedledum and Tweedledee
CHAPTER Ⅴ
Wool and Water
CHAPTER Ⅵ
Humpty Dumpty
CHAPTER Ⅶ
The Lion and the Unicorn
CHAPTER Ⅷ
"It’s My Own Invention".
CHAPTER Ⅸ
Queen Alice
CHAPTER Ⅹ
Shaking
CHAPTER Ⅺ
Waking
CHAPTER Ⅻ
Which Dreamed It?