Through the Looking-Glass

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Through the Looking-Glass

by Lewis Carroll

EN·~2 hours·14 chapters

Chapters

14 total

THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS - And What Alice Found There - By Lewis Carroll - The Millennium Fulcrum Edition 1.7

2:31

Contents

0:25

CHAPTER I. Looking-Glass House

17:47

CHAPTER II. The Garden of Live Flowers

15:55

CHAPTER III. Looking-Glass Insects

16:04

CHAPTER IV. Tweedledum And Tweedledee

16:37

CHAPTER V. Wool and Water

17:18

CHAPTER VI. Humpty Dumpty

17:03

CHAPTER VII. The Lion and the Unicorn

14:41

CHAPTER VIII. “It’s my own Invention”

21:54

Description

Alice slips through a looking‑glass into a world turned upside‑down, where every surface reflects a curious mirror of our own. The garden she finds is alive with talking flowers, and the sky is a chessboard where each square promises a new adventure. From the moment she steps onto the first white pawn, the landscape invites her to play a game of logic and imagination.

As she moves across the board, Alice meets a parade of unforgettable characters: the quarrelsome Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the pedantic Humpty Dumpty, and the regal yet puzzling Red and White Queens. Their conversations tumble over riddles, poems, and paradoxes, turning ordinary language into a playground of meaning. Each encounter nudges Alice closer to becoming a queen herself, while the rules of this mirrored realm keep shifting in delightful ways.

The narrative weaves whimsical wordplay with vivid, dream‑like scenes, creating a tale that feels both familiar and wonderfully strange. Listeners are drawn into a world where logic bends, and every turn offers a fresh surprise. It’s an enchanting journey that celebrates curiosity, wit, and the joy of seeing the ordinary from a new angle.

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Language

en

Duration

~2 hours (160K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

David Widger

Release date

2008-06-25

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll

1832–1898

Best known for creating Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, this English writer mixed playful nonsense with the sharp mind of a mathematician. The result is work that still feels surprising, witty, and wonderfully strange.

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