Through the Looking-Glass

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Through the Looking-Glass

by Lewis Carroll

EN·~2 hours

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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 the Alice books, this shy Oxford mathematician turned logic, wordplay, and dreamlike nonsense into some of the most beloved stories in English. Writing as Lewis Carroll, he created a world where language bends, puzzles sparkle, and childhood feels wonderfully strange.

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