Alice'sAdventuresinWonderlandandThroughtheLooking-Glass(Barnes&NobleClassicsSeries)

Alice'sAdventuresinWonderlandandThroughtheLookingGlass,byLewisCarroll,ispartoftheBarnes&NobleClassicsseries,whichoffersqualityeditionsataffordablepricestothestudentandthegeneralreader,includingnewscholarship,thoughtfuldesign,andpagesofcarefullycraftedextras.HerearesomeoftheremarkablefeaturesofBarnes&NobleClassics:Alleditionsarebeautifullydesignedandareprintedtosuperiorspecifications;someincludeillustrationsofhistoricalinterest.Barnes&NobleClassicspullstogetheraconstellationofinfluences—biographical,historical,andliterary—toenricheachreader'sunderstandingoftheseenduringworks.Firstpublishedin1865,LewisCarroll’sAlice’sAdventuresinWonderlandwasanimmediatesuccess,aswasitssequel,ThroughtheLooking-Glass.Carroll’ssenseoftheabsurdandhisamazinggiftforgamesoflogicandlanguagehavesecuredfortheAlicebooksanenduringspotintheheartsofbothadultsandchildren.AlicebeginsheradventureswhenshefollowsthefranticallydelayedWhiteRabbitdownaholeintothemagicalworldofWonderland,whereshemeetsavarietyofwonderfulcreatures,includingTweedledeeandTweedledum,theCheshireCat,thehookah-smokingCaterpillar,theMadHatter,andtheQueenofHearts—who,withthehelpofherenchanteddeckofplayingcards,tricksAliceintoplayingabizarregameofcroquet.AlicecontinuesheradventuresinThroughtheLooking-Glass,whichislooselybasedonagameofchessandincludesCarroll’sfamouspoem"Jabberwocky.”Throughoutherfantasticjourneys,Aliceretainsherreason,humor,andsenseofjustice.Shehasbecomeoneofthegreatcharactersofimaginativeliterature,asimmortalasDonQuixote,HuckleberryFinn,CaptainAhab,SherlockHolmes,andDorothyGaleofKansas.TanLinisawriter,artist,andcritic.Heistheauthoroftwobooksofpoetry,LotionBullwhipGiraffeandIDM.