Through the Looking-Glass
First published 1865 · English · 84 pages
- Poetry
- Fantasy
- Satire and humour
- Children's
In this sequel, Alice climbs through a mirror above her drawing-room fireplace and enters a reversed world laid out like a chess board. She hopes to travel across it and become a queen. On the way she meets Tweedledum and Tweedledee, Humpty Dumpty, the White Knight and the Red and White Queens. Language, time and logic are again turned upside down, and the book includes the famous poem Jabberwocky. It is a witty fantasy about growing up, and many readers find it a little more reflective than the first Alice book.
Quotes
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
'It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards,' the Queen remarked.
'The time has come,' the Walrus said, 'To talk of many things:'
The horror of that moment," the King went on, "I shall never never forget!" "You will, though," the Queen said, "if you don't make a memorandum of it.