Extreme Exercises in Absurdity - My Review of 3 of Lewis Carroll's booksJuly 26, 1951 - 85 years after the original children's novel debuted, Walt Disney released Alice in Wonderland. I was born almost 30 years after that. Alice in Wonderland has always been the blonde girl in the blue dress with the Winnie-the-Pooh-Voiced Cheshire cat in my consciousness, like most in my generation.Last week when I began listening to the collection of Alice's Adventure's in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass...

I was so excited to be reading the original! It was about time, especially after all those retellings like Insanity by Cameron Jace amongst many others. Reading this, I quickly realised that those retellings took the elements they wanted from the story and changed a few, leaving quite a lot of it out.It was an easy book to read even though it was a classic. No complicated language in this one. It was humorous and I liked the twists on words and word play that there was quite a lot of in this one...

I concluded 2020 with this book. I have so much to say, and I will once I can find the right words to describe how I feel about this story. It was nice revisiting Wonderland again for the millionth time. I never get tired of it, and I will reread this again soon, and I will write a review again and again.

I used to work in a building that was Alice-in-Wonderland themed, and I guess I should have read this earlier. This is another book that has so permeated our culture that it's hard to review it; it doesn't seem that interesting, but I guess that's because it's so baked-in. It's exactly the kind of off-the-wall, non-sequitur, weirdo stuff that you think of when you think of this book. And I like it!I do wonder -- and I haven't even done the most cursory search about it -- what this is really abou...

I really wanted to like this book (and Through the Looking Glass) but unfortunately I did not. I tried and I tried to get behind the concepts of nonsense and the backwardness of it all but in the end I decided I'd have to be in some type of altered state of mind to get it. Although I was familiar with the beloved characters and have seen the Disney movie and the Tim Burton movie I found myself wanting more character development and plot rather than the brief interactions that Alice had with the

I'm looking for the third edition of the Norton Critical Edition of this.It has the following:Newly discovered letters by Lewis Carroll, an expanded selection of diary excerpts, and a wealth of new biographical materials are some of the features of this revised Norton Critical Edition.This perennially popular Norton Critical Edition again reprints the 1897 editions of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass along with the 1876 edition of The Hunting of the Snark. Each text...

I am pretty sure that I have read both of these before. But that was at least eight years ago, so here we go again.It was particularly interesting to read this in the light of Splintered and The Looking Glass Wars. I know that this book *technically* discusses Dodgsons anger at the newfangled maths, but I'm reviewing it as a work of literature/a novel. Okay? I enjoyed the absurdity, the fun it makes of society, and the use of symbols and themes.This book is absurd. There is no other way to descr...

Children must love this book! What delightful nonsense! I remember being fascinated by some excerpts in elementary school. Finally reading the full version at the age of 16, I couldn't help but smile at the fact that Lewis Carroll is the pen name of a mathematician. So cool!!

Like Anne of Green Gables, I have never fully read Alice in Wonderland, so it’s been on my list of things to read. I took the easy way out and listened to an audiobook of it, but I’m still happy that I finished the actual story. (I didn’t read the extras that this edition features, but, oh well. This version is the one I own and I wanted to keep track.)I totally read/listened to this book as a children’s literature scholar, which took away some of the magic of the book. It’s so nonsensical thoug...

The book “Alice In Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll was not my favorite. The story takes a go as little Alice finds herself falling down an endless hole while on a mission to find the white rabbit she had just seen. After what she assumes to be several hours, Alice finally meets the ground. She finds herself in a very different world where animals can talk and little girls can grow and/or shrink by partaking of certain substances. Her journey continues in Wonderland… I did not love this book. It was...

I think this the nicest edition that it is possible to read this work in. It has all the illustrations of the original, and a lot of excellent literary criticism to help one better understand the book. I gave this book only 4 of 5 stars because I have always found some elements of it too fantastical, like Carroll is making up the rules as he goes and that anything therefore goes. I like a harder edge to my fantasy.

We listened to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland on audio.

Books written by British authors in the 20th century always make me feel cozy. I had to read this classic, but before you read the rest of the review, be aware that I completely despised the cartoon made by Disney growing up. I still find it quite boring, to be honest, so I knew going into this book that I would never find it as entertaining as someone who perhaps liked the adaptation. The bad: The reason why this story is so unappealing to me is the randomness of it all. I can't quite comprehen...

#10 Best Sellers of all time, estimated 100 million copies soldI'm just not a fan of Carroll's juxtaposed, illogical, keep the reader in a state of confusion, oh! it's all a dream, style. My copy has both these books bound together, and while I don't like either, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" is less unsatisfactory than "Through the Looking Glass." However, after seeing this staged a couple of times, I can understand why people who like word play for it's own sake, gorgeous costumes and viv...

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass are so very much more interesting than the 1951 Disney film adaptation ... or any other adaptation I've seen. Carroll's Alice books helped effect a fundamental change in English-language children's literature, opening a path for the whimsy and quirkiness of Dr. Seuss and all sorts of other wonderful stuff we get to enjoy today. But these quick little books are also worth reading on their own merits, for their clever wordplay and thei...

I have NEVER actually liked any parts of this book, except the Jabberwocky poem. I have had discussions with multiple librarians, it’s it seems this is a love-it or hate-it thing. I have been watching documentaries and reading critical lit about it for about a week now. I’ve come to have a greater appreciation for its place and innovation in children’s lit during Victorian times. I especially appreciated my colleagues who pointed out Alice as the first fierce female protagonist, how some of the

I’ve always been obsessed with Alice in Wonderland. I’ve watched every single movie portrayal even the horror movies, a genre that I haaate, but I never read the books. I enjoyed this just as much as the movies (except the horror ones) and I’m so glad I finally got around to it. The only reason I gave this 4 stars instead of 5 is because of the last book. I didn’t enjoy it as much as the first two.

You can find hundreds of versions of Alice's classic tale, but this one is my favorite. Wonderland, Looking Glass, and the Snark are all together, fighting for your attention as soon as you dare to pick up the book. This version was published in 1925, when the world had not yet lost its innocence, unaware of what was around the corner. The pages are uncut, such a joy to hold, really. This is why we buy used books, so we can share the previous owner's secrets. Frances Clareva White, December 25...

I loved Alice in Wonderland in film and was shocked at how much I didn't like the book. :/

"I could tell you my adventures - beginning from this morning," said Alice a little timidly; " but it's no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then."Written by a mathematician with a love of children, Alice in Wonderland is a triumph of children's literature and nonsensical logic. The story is about a girl who falls down a rabbit hole, and enters the wonderful world of the bizarre and the impossible. I frequently found myself awed by Mr. Carroll's creativity, or smiling...