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Through the Looking-Glass

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Through the Looking-Glass

By: Lewis Carroll
Narrated by: Harlan Ellison
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This 1872 sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland finds Carroll's inquisitive heroine in a fantastic land where everything is reversed. Whereas the first book has the deck of cards as a theme, this book is loosely based on a game of chess, played on a giant chessboard with fields for squares.

Alice encounters talking flowers, madcap kings and queens, and strange mythological characters when she becomes a pawn in a bizarre chess game involving Humpty Dumpty, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, and other amusing nursery-rhyme characters.

Public Domain (P)2008 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Literature & Fiction Game Classics Fantasy & Magic Fantasy Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy Royalty Feel-Good

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"By any reckoning...[one of the] most original works of fiction to emerge from that strange and original time known as Victorian England." (Guardian)

Whimsical Fantasy • Classic Tale • Engaging Character Voices • Wonderful Storyteller • Imaginative Literature

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This performance of one of our favorite books kept the kids entirely engaged during our road trip!

Wonderful Performance!

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One of the oddest things I've had the pleasure of listening too. It is like being thrashed about from time to time. I can see why they took liberties with all the movies they made. He was quite an odd fellow this one. Overall I enjoyed the story.

Quite odd

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While I enjoyed this books predecessor more Through the Looking Glass is still amusing and fun as well as narrated very well I highly recommend!!!

Another great classic!!!!

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I enjoyed listening to this book. I’ve read this book when I was a kid in elementary and it’s still as wonderful as the first time I read it.

Awesome

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I found this narration obnoxious and very off-putting. I had trouble finishing it. I've never been a huge fan of Ellison, but a few of his stories were fine. He should stick to writing. The story probably isn't as good as the first Alice story, but it's still a classic.

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