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Through the Looking-Glass
Lewis Carroll (1832–1898)
12 chapters and parts · about 2 hours to read
What the book is about
"Through the Looking-Glass" by Lewis Carroll is a novel published in 1871. When Alice climbs through a mirror into a fantastical world, she discovers everything is reversed—including logic itself. In this chess-themed realm, running keeps you stationary, walking away brings you closer, and nursery-rhyme characters come alive. Alice encounters peculiar beings including the severe Red Queen, quarrelsome twins Tweedledum and Tweedledee, and the opinionated Humpty Dumpty. Like its beloved predecessor, this sequel blends absurdist adventure with unforgettable imagery and phrases that remain part of our language today.
This summary comes from the Project Gutenberg catalogue, where it was written automatically.
- Alice (Fictitious character from Carroll) -- Juvenile fiction
- Children's stories
- Fantasy fiction
- Imaginary places -- Juvenile fiction
Chapters
- Opening pagesabout 2 minutes
- Chapter ILooking-Glass houseabout 16 minutes
- Chapter IIThe Garden of Live Flowersabout 14 minutes
- Chapter IIILooking-Glass Insectsabout 14 minutes
- Chapter IVTweedledum And Tweedledeeabout 14 minutes
- Chapter VWool and Waterabout 16 minutes
- Chapter VIHumpty Dumptyabout 15 minutes
- Chapter VIIThe Lion and the Unicornabout 13 minutes
- Chapter VIII“It’s my own Invention”about 20 minutes
- Chapter IXQueen Aliceabout 20 minutes
- Chapter XShakingabout 1 minute
- Chapter XIIWhich Dreamed it?about 3 minutes
Through the Looking-Glass, by Lewis Carroll, is in the public domain in the United States. Text from Project Gutenberg, eBook #12, with thanks. Sureno removed Project Gutenberg's header and licence and set the text in large print; this is not an official Project Gutenberg edition. Outside the United States, check your own country's copyright rules before copying it.
