Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (5-Feb-2015) Paperback

by Lewis Carroll

Genres: Fantasy

Unknown Binding

About the author

The Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known by the pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican clergyman and photographer.

His most famous writings are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass as well as the poems "The Hunting of the Snark" and "Jabberwocky", all considered to be within the genre of literary nonsense.

Oxford scholar, Church of England Deacon, University Lecturer in Mathematics and Logic, academic author of learned theses, gifted pioneer of portrait photography, colourful writer of imaginative genius and yet a shy and pedantic man, Lewis Carroll stands pre-eminent in the pantheon of inventive literary geniuses.

He also has works published under his real name.

Reviews

[Sydney Trojak · Rating 5 out of 5]

Life is mad and confusing, and it’s more fun when u stop trying to control and understand it all the time. just go where life takes u

“If there's no meaning in it,' said the King, 'that saves a world of trouble, you know, as we needn't try to find any. And yet I don't know,' he went on, spreading out the verses on his knee, and looking at them with one eye; 'I seem to see some meaning in them, after all.”

loved all the different characters & story better than disney…

[Tessa1316 · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun audiobook re-read!

[Vladimir · Rating 3 out of 5]

More like 'Alice's Adventures in Dreamland'....

And yep, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson was deaf in his right ear from infancy, caused by "infantile fever", back when everything was a "fever" or a color of plague. Those were the good times.

You probably don't want your daughter to turn out like Alice. That'd be hard to do nowadays, what with Victorian being gone the way of the Dodo (with capital 'D'). It is the time of skibidi toilet and the Rizzler, instead, the present. Hm.

Anyways, re-reading a staple childhood fairytale fantasy, this time in English, and my oh my is the entire cast annoyingly rude. Alice is like a witty Goldilocks, surrounded by pedantic characters who rhyme and reason without much rhyme nor reason. Okay, maybe there's enough rhyme to pass the poetry test (but not as much as 'Through the Looking-Glass'). Lots of instances of people calling each other 'stupid', either directly or indirectly.
No one has any chill. Zero grams of patience to be found anywhere.

The book is not without merit. Obviously. It has withstood the test of time for a reason, and that's with the current generation doing their best to insinuate all kinds of things about Lewis Carroll. Things that I, personally, don't buy because I'm able to at least take notices of the historical context.

[Tabby · Rating 5 out of 5]

‘Curiouser and curiouser!’ I love all of Alice’s adventures! My favorite mini stories in this book are of when she’s falling down the rabbit hole and following the white rabbit, all the ‘drink me’ and ‘eat me’ items, her meeting with the Cheshire Cat and which direction she should go and of course the famous tea party, although I do think she was a little rude at the table but the March Hare, Hatter and dormouse are some of my favorites. I love the word twists and unusual way of saying things and all the nonsense they say with such a serious meaning. I think the story was very cleverly written and I enjoy reading it, over and over again. It brings joy to the child in me. Highly recommend, and it allows you to use your imagination.

[. ݁˖꒰ sophie ꒱. ݁˖ · Rating 5 out of 5]

would've gone crazy over this when I was younger

[Rita Cláudio · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had forgotten how fun this story was!! Definitely worth the read even when we're no longer kids!

[Bridgette · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a fun and silly, light hearted book that made me laugh 😂

[Marie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Perfectly describes a dream with easy and fast-pace writing.Fun wordplay.

[my reading journal · Rating 5 out of 5]

This took me back to my childhood. Such a legendary, fascinating story. I loved it!!

[Abdullah Wadah · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was a good read.. not my usual genre but it was fine really well written