Through the looking-glass: and what alice found there [electronic resource]. Lewis Carroll.
Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass , from 1871, is a children's novel that is often put in the genre "literary nonsense". Although its the sequel of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland it doesn't reference events of the first book; but some of its settings and themes do form a kind of mirror image of Wonderland. While playing with her kittens, Alice wonders what life would be like on the other side of the mirror. Much to her astonishment she passes through it into an alternate world and discovers looking-glass poetry and talking flowers and becomes a piece in a game of chess played by the Red Queen against the White Queen.
Electronic resources
Record details
- Physical Description: 1 online resource
- Publisher: Cleveland : Duke Classics, 2012.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Title from eBook information screen..
- Target Audience Note:
- Text Difficulty 4 - Text Difficulty 6MG/Middle grades (4th-8th)7.6 ATOS Level890 Lexile.
- System Details Note:
- Requires the Libby app or a modern web browser.
Search for related items by subject
- Subject:
- Juvenile Fiction.
Classic Literature.
Fantasy.
Search for related items by series
Other Formats and Editions
Accessibility Features
Summary:
Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass , from 1871, is a children's novel that is often put in the genre "literary nonsense". Although its the sequel of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland it doesn't reference events of the first book; but some of its settings and themes do form a kind of mirror image of Wonderland. While playing with her kittens, Alice wonders what life would be like on the other side of the mirror. Much to her astonishment she passes through it into an alternate world and discovers looking-glass poetry and talking flowers and becomes a piece in a game of chess played by the Red Queen against the White Queen.
