“Alice’sAdventuresinWonderlandtellsofAlice,agirlwhofallsthrougharabbitholeintoafantasyworldpopulatedbypeculiar,anthropomorphiccreatures.Thetale’sdistortedandsometimesdisorientinglogichascontributedtoitsenduringpopularitywithadultsaswellaswithchildren.Itisoneofthebestexamplesoftheliterarynonsensegenre,anditsnarrativecourse,structure,characters,andimageryhaveallbeenenormouslyinfluentialinbothpopularcultureandliterature.
InThroughtheLookingGlass,Aliceonceagainfindsherselftransportedtoabizarreandnonsensicalsettingaftershepassesthroughamirrorintothe“looking-glassworld,”wherepreciselynothingisquiteasitseems,andwherealmosteverythingisreversed.
Thishandsome,inexpensiveedition,completewiththeoriginalJohnTennielillustrations,makesavailabletotoday’sreadersaclassicofjuvenileliteraturelong-cherishedforitshumor,whimsy,andincomparablefantasy.“
