Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass -- Lewis Carroll

In 1862 Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, a shy Oxford mathematician with a stammer, created a story about a little girl tumbling down a rabbit hole. Thus began the immortal adventures of Alice, perhaps the most popular heroine in English literature. <p/> Countless scholars have tried to define the charm of the <i>Alice </i>books--with those wonderfully eccentric characters the Queen of Hearts, Tweedledum, and Tweedledee, the Cheshire Cat, Mock Turtle, the Mad Hatter <i>et al.--</i>by proclaiming that they really comprise a satire on language, a political allegory, a parody of Victorian children's literature, even a reflection of contemporary ecclesiastical history. <p/> Perhaps, as Dodgson might have said, <i>Alice </i>is no more than a dream, a fairy tale about the trials and tribulations of growing up--or down, or all turned round--as seen through the expert eyes of a child.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Lewis Carroll<br><b>Publisher:</b> Bantam Classics<br><b>Published:</b> 05/01/1984<br><b>Pages:</b> 272<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.31lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 6.90h x 4.24w x 0.62d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780553213454<br><b>Age Range:</b> 8-11<br><br><b>Accelerated Reader:</b><br><b>Reading Level:</b> 7.8<br><b>Point Value:</b> 10<br><b>Interest Level:</b> Middle Grade<br><b>Quiz #/Name: </b>503 / Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass/Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Loo<br><br><p><b>About the Author</b><br>Lewis Carroll, creator of the brilliantly