Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and Through the Looking Glass (Barnes & Nobles Classics edition) [B1925]

2005 HCDJ reprint of the 1865/1871 originals, in excellent condition. With a 2004 introduction and notes by poet, Tam Lin - and John Tenniel's original black & white illustrations. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, when it was first published in 1865, was an immediate success, and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, appearing six years later, cemented Lewis Carroll's renown. Carroll's sense of the absurd and his amazing gift for games of logic and language have secured for the Alice books a time-honored spot in the hearts of adults and children alike. Alice's surreal adventures begin when she follows a frantically late White Rabbit down a hole into the magical world of Wonderland. As she tries to find her way home, she meets a variety of weird and wonderful creatures, including Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the ever-smiling Cheshire Cat, the hookah-smoking Caterpillar, and The March Hare, Mad Hatter, and Dormouse, who invite Alice to the strangest tea-party she has ever attend-ed. Her final obstacle is the brutal and bel-lowing Queen of Hearts, who, along with her enchanted deck of playing cards, tricks Alice into playing a life-and-death game of croquet.

Alice continues her adventures in Through the Looking-Glass, which is loosely based on a game of chess and includes Carroll's famous poem "Jabberwocky." Throughout her fantastic journeys, Alice manages to retain her reason, humor, and sense of justice. She has become one of the immortally great characters of imaginative literature.

From recent-ish Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "I can't believe I somehow put off reading this book for so long!! "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" was my favorite of the two, I really liked it a lot, and I see why it's so many people's favorite classic! All in all had a good experience reading this!"; "What an absolutely gorgeous novel and the sequel was just as good. I love the history of this story too and this edition came with a thorough introduction that I really enjoyed. It truly is amazing how it is one of the first children's novels to not have a moral and I think that's what makes it such a widely loved story amongst all ages. Definitely worth a read especially if your life is a tad mundane and you want to add some magic and sparkle into it. I can tell this will be one of my favorite books."; "I ended the year and reached my Reading Challenge with this book. The best way to end a year is with cleverness and nonsense."