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Through The Looking Glass :

Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, Lewis Carroll’s sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, presents a surreal journey that continues Alice's exploration of strange and whimsical worlds. In this narrative, Alice steps through a mirror into an alternate realm, one that mirrors the world she knows but is filled with peculiar characters and strange rules. As she moves through this reversed landscape, she encounters an assortment of vivid personalities, including Tweedledum and Tweedledee, the Red Queen, and Humpty Dumpty, each contributing to the dreamlike quality of the world.

The story is infused with playful logic and philosophical musings, as Alice navigates the strange realities and nonsensical situations of the Looking-Glass world. The novel's structure is influenced by a series of games, such as chess, where Alice's progress through the mirror world mirrors the moves of a chessboard. As Alice journeys across this metaphorical chessboard, she slowly advances from a humble pawn to a powerful queen, representing growth, transformation, and the attainment of wisdom. Throughout the story, Alice’s encounters force her to challenge the boundaries of logic and reason, much like in Wonderland, but in Looking-Glass, there’s a stronger focus on movement, order, and reflection.

In her encounters with the characters, there is an element of mirroring — Alice's experiences often reflect the thoughts, actions, and behavior of others, revealing the world’s oddity as something familiar yet reversed. As Alice ventures onward, her own identity and understanding of her place in this strange world continue to shift and evolve, embodying themes of self-awareness, time, and the transition from childhood to a more complex form of knowledge.


Author:

  • Lewis Carroll

Narrators:

  • Geoffrey Giuliano
  • The Light

Format:

  • Audiobook

Duration:

  • 3 h 10 min

Language:

English

Categories:

  • Classics and poetry
  • Classics

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