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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: AND Through the Looking Glass (Penguin Classics)

by: Lewis Carroll

March 27, 2003
Well that says it all really. A fair chunk of the book provides a fascinating commentary and background to the author which deeply enrich the stories. I didn't read the story as a child - I gain far more from it as an adult. Its entrancing and an excellent, whimsical escape from the bothers of the day.

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Penguin Popular Classics)

by: Lewis Carroll

June 30, 1994
I have just re-read Alice Wonderland; last time I read it I was a teen & loved it, now, I just found it annoying, especially Lewis carroll's writing style, very childlike, (perhaps he was aiming for that)?
I agree with previous reviews that the Mock Turtle is the best character in the book with some very cleve lines, but this didn't outweigh how much I wanted to strangle Alice by the end of the book!

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Alice in Wonderland: Pop-up Book

by: Lewis Carroll

November 03, 2003
This is quite possibly the most meticulously detailed and expertly crafted pop-up book I have ever seen. It is my daughter's "special book" and can only be browsed with Mummy or Daddy at her side - basically because it is an absolute masterpiece, plus it delights both adults and children alike. Though the story is obviously abridged, it is still very detailed and makes the ultimate bedtime story - a page a night perhaps.

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The Annotated Alice: "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" AND "Through the Looking Glass"

by: Lewis Carroll

October 25, 2001
A student chose this for our book club, and although I had some misgivings I said yes, because after all it's a classic.I tried to forget the fact that I didn't like it the first time I read it. I enthusiastically bought myself this annotated edition and started reading it again...
And surprise, surprise I still don't like it. My four stars go to the editor , though. The notes are wonderful,even though sometimes I get a bit fed up with them and concentrate on just the text for a while.
I suppose the reason I don't like "Alice" is I'm not into nonsense. My student told me I should try and believe what is happening is true. I've tried but I can't,maybe it's because I'm getting old...

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Alice in Wonderland

by: Lewis Carroll, Helen Oxenbury

October 04, 1999
A lovely book, with delightful illustrations, however, I'd have liked a few more for my 3 and half year old: some spreads don't have any illustrations on at all, which is a bit tiresome for a little girl who just wants to look at Alice!

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: AND Through the Looking Glass (Vintage Classics)

by: Lewis Carroll

August 02, 2007
A lovely book, with delightful illustrations, however, I'd have liked a few more for my 3 and half year old: some spreads don't have any illustrations on at all, which is a bit tiresome for a little girl who just wants to look at Alice!

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Alice in Wonderland: Complete Study Edition (Cliffs Notes)

by: Lewis Carroll

May 01, 2001
Just a brief note to reinforce what the previous reviewer said. If you want to get to grips with what's below the surface of Alice, you really can't do better than turn to Martin Gardner's Annotated Alice (Definitive version).

It's more informative, more authoritative, and a lot more fun!

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through The Looking Glass

by: Lewis Carroll

September 24, 1992
A wonderful romp through the imagination! I love these stories for the clever word play, double meaning and always suprising twists of fantasy. people of all ages cannot fail to be intrigued by the wonderful nature and exploration of these stories.

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Through the Looking Glass (Penguin Popular Classics)

by: Lewis Carroll

June 30, 1994
This book is deservedly a classic and very successful. Alice Through the Looking Glass is the sequel to the much-loved Alice in Wonderland.

This time, Alice finds herself on a giant chess board in a backwards universe. She encounters flowers that talk, Humpty Dumpty and his nonsense, a loud snorer, Tweedledum and Tweedledee arguing, an knight inventing nonsensical items and very strange species of insects.

It's in this world that Alice is on her quest to the end of the chess board to become a queen. The book is packed with Poems, such as the classic The Walrus and the Carpenter, and the Knight's poem that has several names. Alice hears of the White Queen's logic: 'Jam tomorrow, jam yesterday but never jam today' and the way that she ... Read More:

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

by: Lewis Carroll

May 08, 2001
A lovely book, with delightful illustrations, however, I'd have liked a few more for my 3 and half year old: some spreads don't have any illustrations on at all, which is a bit tiresome for a little girl who just wants to look at Alice!