Through the Looking-Glass
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- First published
- 1871 (issued with an 1872 date)
- Pages
- 75Digital editionReference edition
- Reading time
- About 1.5 hours3 half-hour sittings
- Language
- English
- Reading difficulty
- Not set
A little about the story
Alice crosses a mirror into a country arranged around a chess game, where familiar words and rules keep turning against her expectations.
Alice's efforts to work out the rules make the dialogue as much of an adventure as the journey. Familiar sayings become obstacles when the people she meets can change how words are supposed to work mid-conversation.
Is it for you?
You’ll enjoy it if you like
- chess-shaped adventures
- nonsense poems
- conversations that play with logic
Choose it for wordplay and logical games. Poems and conversations are worth reading aloud even when the plot feels dreamlike.
Things You May Not Know About Through the Looking-Glass
- A chess game provides the structure. Alice's progress follows a movement through the squares.
- Jabberwocky appears in the book. Its invented words are part of Carroll's use of sound and suggestion.
About this edition
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