A Fantastic Children's Classic The childhood classics Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass for almost 150 years have been referenced and adapted numerous times over the years, but it’s not until you’ve read the originals that you truly understand why Lewis Carroll’s work ...
One day, a young girl named Alice is sitting on the riverbank with her sister, when she sees a curious looking white rabbit. She soon after falls into the magical world of Wonderland, where she meets a series of strange creatures. (source) I read this several years ago, but for some reason real...
Upon this year, the 150th anniversary of the publication of Alice in Wonderland, I decided to re-read this wonderful children's story once again. The captivating illustrations simply make this book even better, and one can not help but wish to follow Alice down the rabbit hole or through the magical...
When we think of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland today, its most apparent and loved aspect is the bizarre and nonsensical world. Though this is certainly enjoyable in itself, it does an incredible disservice to what makes Alice such great children’s literature. Children are far more int...
So, I just finished Trough The Looking Glass and what a fun read! It's that I like surrealism so much so I loved the conversations between the animals and Alice and her thoughts. I understand why adults read that story and why it was a hype back then. It came out in the 19th century: there wasn't...
So I've only read the first book ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland so that's why I'm splitting this review in two parts. Summary: When Alice tumbles down a rabbit hole one hot summer's afternoon in pursuit of a White Rabbit, she finds herself in Wonderland. And here begin the fantastical adventu...
Quick review for a quick read and classic tale. I happened to grab this from my library for a re-read and loved it as much as I did the first time I read it. Alice is quite a character who gets in over her head as she's sitting with her sister in the beginning and happens to see a white rabbit carry...
To speak in broad unresearched sweeps, in many ways I think the Victorian era marks a nadir in British history. The miserable Queen and pitiless Empress instituted misery at home and imposed it abroad along with death and dehumanisation. Architecture was shoddy and parochial. Theatre was shoddy and ...
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