What's in the Looking Glass?
"Well, now that we have seen each other," said the unicorn, "if you'll believe in me, then I'll believe in you."
- Lewis Carroll
Published in 1871, Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass represents an alternate world where everything is backwards and you can't cut your cake until you eat it while trains get you to your destination by going the opposite direction. This whimsical and imaginary world on the other side of a looking glass mirror will delight both child and adult readers alike as a classic work in Victorian fiction. More than just tea parties and good manners, readers will experience a metaphorical journey across a chessboard that represents the transition from childhood to adulthood. Amusing characters that offer more than they seem include Humpty Dumpty, a pesky gnat, a discerning set of twins, and a red knight.
So what is it that makes Through the Looking Glass the better of Mr. Carroll's two famous 'Alice' works? The wonderfully genius and frolicsome story was revolutionary for its riddles and rhymes and the ever mysterious poem "The Jabberwocky" which was clearly written to secretly educate and instruct!
"She still haunts me, phantomwise, Alice moving under skies, never seen by waking eyes!"
