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Classics for Your Collection: goo.gl/U80LCr --------- Alice's Second Adventure Alice is playing with a white kitten (whom she calls Swdrop ) and a black kitten (whom she calls Kitty )-the offspring of Dinah, Alice's cat in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland-when she ponders what the world is like on the other side of a mirror's reflection. Climbing up on the fireplace mantel, she pokes at the wall-hung mirror behind the fireplace and discovers, to her surprise, that she is able to step through it to an alternative world. In this reflected version of her own house, she finds a book with looking-glass poetry, Jabberwocky, whose reversed printing she can read only by holding it up to the mirror. She also observes that the chess pieces have come to life, though they remain small eugh for her to pick up. Then the story follows with nice things like: 1. Flowers having the power of human speech. 2. Alice meeting the Red Queen, who has the ability to run at breathtaking speeds. 3. The Red Queen revealing to Alice that the entire countryside is laid out in squares, like a gigantic chessboard, and offering to make Alice a queen if she can move all the way to the eighth rank/row in a chess match. 4. Alice meeting the fat twin brothers Tweedledum and Tweedledee. 5. Alice next meeting with the White Queen. 5. Alice encounters Humpty Dumpty. 6. The White King, along with the Lion and the Unicorn. 7.White Knight rescuing Alice. 8. Alice crowned a Queen! 9. Alice violently shakes the Red Queen and puts the Red King into checkmate. And then, Alice suddenly awakes in her armchair to find herself holding the black kitten, whom she deduces to have been the Red Queen all along, with the white kitten having been the White Queen. The story ends with Alice recalling the speculation of the Tweedle brothers, that everything may have, in fact, been a dream of the Red King, and that Alice might herself be more than a figment of his imagination. Scroll Up and Get Your Copy! Main characters Alice Bandersnatch Haigha (March Hare) Hatta (The Hatter) Humpty Dumpty The Jabberwock Jubjub bird Red King Red Queen The Lion and the Unicorn The Sheep The Walrus and the Carpenter Tweedledum and Tweedledee White King White Knight White Queen Facts and Trivia: 1. The book has been adapted several times, in combination with Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and as a stand-alone film or television special. 2. Through the Looking-Glass includes such celebrated verses as Jabberwocky and The Walrus and the Carpenter, and the episode involving Tweedledum and Tweedledee. The mirror which inspired Carroll remains displayed in Charlton Kings.

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PublisherCreatespace Independent Publishing Platform

ISBN-101536903825

ISBN-139781536903829

eBay Product ID (ePID)227764050

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AuthorLewis Carroll

FormatTrade Paperback (Us) ,Unsewn / Adhesive Bound, Paperback / Softback

LanguageEnglish

TopicChildren's Fiction

GenreChildren's Fiction

Dimensions

Weight154g

Height229mm

Width152mm

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Spine6mm

Content NoteBlack & White Illustrations

Author BiographyCharles Lutwidge Dodgson (27 January 1832 - 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English writer, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon, and photographer. His most famous writings are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, its sequel Through the Looking-Glass, which includes the poem Jabberwocky, and the poem The Hunting of the Snark, all examples of the genre of literary nonsense. He is noted for his facility at word play, logic, and fantasy. There are societies in many parts of the world[4] dedicated to the enjoyment and promotion of his works and the investigation of his life. Dodgson's family was predominantly northern English, with Irish connections, conservative and High Church Anglican. Most of Dodgson's male ancestors were army officers or Church of England clergy. His great-grandfather, also named Charles Dodgson, had risen through the ranks of the church to become the Bishop of Elphin. The Pilgrim's Progress. He also suffered from a stammer - a condition shared by most of his siblings - that often influenced his social life throughout his years. At the age of twelve, he was sent to Richmond Grammar School (now part of Richmond School) at nearby Richmond. He did not always work hard, but was exceptionally gifted and achievement came easily to him. In 1852, he obtained first-class honours in Mathematics Moderations, and was shortly thereafter nominated to a Studentship by his father's old friend Canon Edward Pusey. In 1854, he obtained first-class honours in the Final Honours School of Mathematics, standing first on the list, graduating Bachelor of Arts. Interesting Fact: The overwhelming commercial success of the first Alice book changed Dodgson's life in many ways. The fame of his alter ego Lewis Carroll soon spread around the world. He was inundated with fan mail and with sometimes unwanted attention. Indeed, according to one popular story, Queen Victoria herself enjoyed Alice In Wonderland so much that she commanded that he dedicate his next book to her, and was accordingly presented with his next work, a scholarly mathematical volume entitled An Elementary Treatise on Determinants.

Date of Publication04/08/2016

Country of PublicationUnited States