Loved itevery year at least once i re-read alice's adventures in wonderland and through the looking glass by lewis carroll and this hero is no exception so these are gonna go in the best of the best
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking Glass (1889)
Others: Positive A very real little girl named Alice follows a remarkable rabbit down a rabbit hole and steps through a looking-glass to come face to face with some of the strangest adventures and some of the oddest characters in all literature. The crusty Duchess, the Mad Hatter, the weeping Mock Turtle, the diabolical Queen of Hearts, the Cheshire-Cat, Tweedledum and Tweedledee--each one is more eccentric, and more entertaining, than the last. And all of them could only have come from the pen of Lewis Carroll, one of the few adults ever to enter successfully the children's world of make-believe--a wonderland where the impossible becomes possible, the unreal, real...where the heights of adventure are limited only by the depths of imagination. --back cover
- ISBN:
- 9781441344953
- Length:
- 278 pages
Genres: fantasy, young adult, classics
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