Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass

by Carroll, Lewis; Haughton, Hugh; Tenniel, John

• ISBN13: 9780141439761
• ISBN10: 0141439769
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-04-29
• Publisher: Penguin Classics

Summary

Bored on a hot afternoon, Alice follows a White Rabbit down a rabbit-hole -- without giving a thought about how she might get out. And so she tumbles into Wonderland: where animals answer back, a baby turns into a pig, time stands still at a disorderly tea party, croquet is played with hedgehogs and flamingos, and the Mock Turtle and Gryphon dance the Lobster Quadrille. In a land in which nothing is as it seems and cakes, potions and mushrooms can make her shrink to ten inches or grow to the size of a house, will Alice be able to find her way home again?

Author Biography

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, known by his pen name, Lewis Carroll, was a man of diverse interests - in mathematics, logic, photgraphy, art, theater, religion, medicine, and science. He was happiest in the company of children for whom he created puzzles, clever games, and charming letters.

As all Carroll admirers know, his book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865), became an immediate success and has since been translated into more than eighty languages. The equally popular sequel Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, was published in 1872.

The Alice books are but one example of his wide ranging authorship. The Hunting of the Snark, a classic nonsense epic (1876) and Euclid and His Modern Rivals, a rare example of humorous work concerning mathematics, still entice and intrigue today's students. Sylvie and Bruno, published toward the end of his life contains startling ideas including an 1889 description of weightlessness.

The humor, sparkling wit and genius of this Victorian Englishman have lasted for more than a century. His books are among the most quoted works in the English language, and his influence (with that of his illustrator, Sir John Tenniel) can be seen everywhere, from the world of advertising to that of atomic physics.

Hugh Haughton is a senior lecturer at the University of York. He edited Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass for Penguin Classics.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vii
Introduction	ix
Further Reading	lxvi
A Note on the Text	lxx
A Note on Tenniel	lxxv
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Contents	7	(2)
Down the Rabbit-Hole	9	(7)
The Pool of Tears	16	(8)
A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale	24	(7)
The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill	31	(9)
Advice From a Caterpillar	40	(10)
Pig and Pepper	50	(10)
A Mad Tea-Party	60	(9)
The Queen's Croquet-Ground	69	(9)
The Mock Turtle's Story	78	(9)
The Lobster-Quadrille	87	(8)
Who Stole the Tarts?	95	(7)
Alice's Evidence	102	(19)
Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There
Contents	119	(2)
Looking-Glass House	121	(14)
The Garden of Live Flowers	135