{"product_id":"alices-adventures-in-wonderland-and-through-the-looking-glass-paperback-2","title":"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1862 Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, a shy Oxford mathematician with a stammer, created a story about a little girl tumbling down a rabbit hole. Thus began the immortal adventures of Alice, perhaps the most popular heroine in English literature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Countless scholars have tried to define the charm of the \u003ci\u003eAlice \u003c\/i\u003ebooks--with those wonderfully eccentric characters the Queen of Hearts, Tweedledum, and Tweedledee, the Cheshire Cat, Mock Turtle, the Mad Hatter \u003ci\u003eet al.--\u003c\/i\u003eby proclaiming that they really comprise a satire on language, a political allegory, a parody of Victorian children's literature, even a reflection of contemporary ecclesiastical history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Perhaps, as Dodgson might have said, \u003ci\u003eAlice \u003c\/i\u003eis no more than a dream, a fairy tale about the trials and tribulations of growing up--or down, or all turned round--as seen through the expert eyes of a child.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1862 Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, a shy Oxford mathematician with a stammer, created a story about a little girl tumbling down a rabbit hole. Thus began the immortal adventures of Alice, perhaps the most popular heroine in English literature. Countless scholars have tried to define the charm of the \"Alice books--with those wonderfully eccentric characters the Queen of Hearts, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, the Cheshire Cat, Mock Turtle, the Mad Hatter et al.--by proclaiming that they really comprise a satire on language, a political allegory, a parody of Victorian children's literature, even a reflection of contemporary ecclesiastical history. Perhaps, as Dodgson might have said, \"Alice is no more than a dream, a fairy tale about a trials and tribulations of growing up--or down, or all tumed round--as seen through the expert eyes of a child.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101607039199,"sku":"9780553213454","price":6.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/QzZQSFJvWHFZQnJIVFNiUWNuMDYrZz09.webp?v=1781071814","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/alices-adventures-in-wonderland-and-through-the-looking-glass-paperback-2","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}