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Publisher Description
When Through the Looking Glass was published in 1871, audiences were as delighted with the book as they were with Lewis Carroll's first masterpiece, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Alice, now slightly older, walks through a mirror into the Looking-Glass House and immediately becomes involved in a strange game of chess. Soon, she is exploring the rest of the house, meeting a sequence of characters now familiar to most: Tweedledum and Tweedledee, the Red Queen, Humpty Dumpty, and the Walrus, just to name a few. The popular and linguistically playful poem "Jabberwocky" is also featured in Through the Looking Glass.
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"Lewis Carroll is just sooooooooo imaginative! I love the whole book; it definitely is a classic. There's so many creative poems in them, and the whole plot sucks the reader into the story. I really wish that Alice's adventures would never end! "
— Sherry (5 out of 5 stars)
Through the Looking Glass, with eBook Listener Reviews
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" Isn't "Through A Looking Glass" supposed to be about popes and prelates during medieval times? "
— Kathy A., 11/20/2017 -
" I just can't get into these books! I read the words, and re-read them and nothing makes sense. Perhaps I'll try again sometime, but not any time soon "
— Hillary, 2/12/2014 -
" Liked it better than Wonderland though. "
— Debi, 2/12/2014 -
" It it strange but a really good book to read "
— Cat15, 1/31/2014 -
" Actually preferred this to "Alice in Wonderland", but maybe I'd just acclimatised by this point ! "
— Joanne, 1/31/2014 -
" This book isn't very descriptive and the words not amazing but the ideas and plot in this book is revolutionary. I really enjoyed it though it is clear it is a child's book. "
— Liz, 1/30/2014 -
" Not my type of book. "
— Kirakori, 1/24/2014 -
" I much preferred Carroll's 'Alice in Wonderland' to this story. This seemed to be trying too hard to be funny. I did like the word play, but it was similar in style to 'Alice in Wonderland' and just seemed like a younger sibling that was trying too hard. "
— Krista, 1/18/2014 -
" So spun it made my head. "
— Karl, 1/16/2014 -
" A wonderfully bizarre continuation of Alice's adventures (although it is not a follow up and no mention is given of her Wonderland journey throughout the book). Reminds us of what it is to imagine the world through childs eyes once more. "
— Andrew, 1/12/2014 -
" I really enjoyed all of the poems that were offered here. It is definitely a great work on the play of words. "
— Brandon, 1/7/2014 -
" I had never read this book. High time I did. I laughed out loud at times. Lewis Carrol would have been fun to know. "
— Alida, 12/31/2013 -
" An excellent, surreal children's story with memorable characters. Favorite line: "Nurse! Do let's pretend that I'm a hungry hyaena and you're a bone." "
— Ben, 12/28/2013 -
" This was okay. I think his books are more enjoyable with the visuals you get in movie format. "
— Stacey, 12/12/2013 -
" "The question," said Humpty Dumpty, "Is who is to be master, and that is all." "
— Jeremy, 12/12/2013 -
" The first book I read on my kindle! "
— Erin, 12/11/2013 -
" One of the best books ever. "
— Sensorium, 10/3/2013 -
" As good as a childhood story can get, it is simple and confusing at the same time, loved it, highly recommend it to those who want to reminiscence on old tales. "
— Rachel, 9/15/2013 -
" I don't know if it's just because I'm more familiar with Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, but this seemed much more dream-like...in the way that kids want to tell you every detail of their dreams in the morning...a boring way. "
— Whitney, 4/5/2013 -
" Superior to the first book. "
— Amanda, 3/25/2013 -
" Noted as early inspiration for Kasparov. "
— D, 2/19/2013 -
" Even zanier than Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Honestly, a little disturbing. That trial just goes on and on and on.... "
— Jennifer, 6/30/2012 -
" Not as good as Wonderland. So whose dream was it? "
— Jenny, 4/23/2012 -
" A bit boring, but I liked it! "
— Rebeca, 3/16/2012 -
" I love this book! Even more so than Alice in Wonderland, the characters just jump from the prose in such a way that I'm hard pressed to put it down every time I read it; be it the 1st or 5th time! (And I'm sure many more to come) "
— Shannon, 9/16/2011 -
" I love this book, but then I have a strange addiction to nonsense, rhyming and repetition. I don't understand enough of chess to comprehend the moves worked out through the book, but I do enjoy the strange adventures Alice partakes in. "
— Mary-Beth, 9/1/2011 -
" I like farytales but for some reason I found this book to tidius. I couldn't finish it "
— Claudia, 7/22/2011 -
" This story has no plot, and no structure. It seems almost like random thoughts going through the author's head in no organized manner. The only reason I kept reading was because it was crazy to watch Carrol's ideas unfold. "
— Gina, 5/17/2011 -
" Not as good as Alice in Wonderland, but still delightful. The poetry in "Looking Glass" is better though. "
— Jed, 4/18/2011 -
" This book wasn't as strange as the first, but it also felt slower, to me. Not that this book was awful. I loved the poetry in it, and it seems that there is more direction in this story. <br/> <br/>Probably not a book I'll ever read again, but one worth reading at least once. "
— Casey, 4/8/2011 -
" Much better than Alice in Wonderland, which I liked, too. I had forgotten that I read large portions of this in my Logic class in college. Very fun. "
— Cory, 4/7/2011 -
" This book is just marginally better than Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. I'm just not taken with Carroll's style. He had a good imagination too bad he was such a bad writer. "
— Mary, 4/4/2011 -
" Wonderfully illustrated and full of awesome colour! I loved th old style even though at times I didn't understand the book at all. I sure that the written version would add to my interest. "
— Cynthia, 4/4/2011 -
" Hated it. Got about a third of the way through it and bailed. "
— Sean, 4/2/2011 -
" We read this book on the class. "
— Yixin, 3/25/2011
About Lewis Carroll
Lewis Carroll was the pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832–1898), English author, mathematician, and photographer. One of eleven children of a scholarly country parson, he studied mathematics at Oxford, obtained a university post, and then was ordained as a deacon but found true success with his masterpiece, Alice’s Adventures Under Ground, now known as Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, which originated as a story told to a young friend, Alice Liddell, during a boating trip on the Thames. Among his other works are Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, The Hunting of the Snark, and Jabberwocky.
About the Narrators
Wanda McCaddon (a.k.a. Nadia May or Donada Peters) has narrated well over six hundred titles for major audiobook publishers, has earned numerous Earphones Awards, and was named a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine.
Wanda McCaddon (d. 2023) narrated well over six hundred titles for major audiobook publishers, sometimes with the pseudonym Nadia May or Donada Peters. She earned the prestigious Audio Award for best narration and numerous Earphones Awards. She was named a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine.