Through the Looking Glass

在线阅读本书Ihadsentmyheroinestraightdownarabbit-hole...withouttheleastideawhatwastohappenafterwards,'wroteCharlesDodgson,describinghowAlicewasconjuredupone'goldenafternoon'in1862toentertainhischild-friendAliceLiddell.HisdreamworldsofnonsensicalWonderlandandtheback-to-frontLooking-Glasskingdomdepictorderturnedupside-down:ababyturnsintoapig;timeisabandonedatadisorderedtea-party;andachaoticgameofchessmakesaseven-year-oldgirlaQueen.Butamongsttheanarchichumourandsparklingwordplay,puzzles,paradoxesandriddles,arepoignantmomentsofelegiacnostalgiaforlostchildhood.Startlinglyoriginalandexperimental,theAlicebooksprovidereaderswithadoublewindowonbothchildandadultworlds.