THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS: 1871 (the first) edition, illustrated - Softcover

Carroll, Lewis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1520560885 ISBN 13: 9781520560885

Publisher: Independently published, 2017

Synopsis

1871 (the first) edition, illustrated "Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There" (1871) is a novel by Lewis Carroll, the sequel to "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" (1865). Set some six months later than the earlier book, Alice again enters a fantastical world, this time by climbing through a mirror into the world that she can see beyond it. "Through the Looking-Glass" includes such celebrated verses as "Jabberwocky" and "The Walrus and the Carpenter", and the episode involving Tweedledum and Tweedledee. The themes and settings of Through the Looking-Glass make it a kind of mirror image of Wonderland: the first book begins outdoors, in the warm month of May, uses frequent changes in size as a plot device, and draws on the imagery of playing cards; the second opens indoors on a snowy, wintry night exactly six months later (November), uses frequent changes in time and spatial directions as a plot device, and draws on the imagery of chess. Whereas the first book has the deck of cards as a theme, this book is based on a game of chess, played on a giant chessboard with fields for squares. Most main characters in the story are represented by a chess piece or animals, with Alice herself being a pawn. The looking-glass world is divided into sections by brooks or streams, with the crossing of each brook usually signifying a notable change in the scene and action of the story: the brooks represent the divisions between squares on the chessboard, and Alice's crossing of them signifies advancing of her piece one square.

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• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1520560885
• ISBN 13: 9781520560885
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 121