Alice is back in her room, stroking her cats - but not for long. Slipping through the Looking-Glass she meets another wild collection of fantasy characters including the Red and White Kings and Queens, Tweedledum and Tweedledee and is entertained by the poems Jabberwocky and The Walrus and the Carpenter.
Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There the sequel to Alice in Wonderland - is in some ways more ambitious and more consciously organized than its predecessor. Unlike most sequels, it is at least as good as the original work. As the title suggests, the fantasy world involves reversal or inversion through reflection, and also includes a more-or-less possible game of chess in which the characters themselves are players. Alice does not dream her way into the story, but instead gains access through the power of her imagination, melting, through the looking glass into that world which is always at least partly visible in it. Carroll also introduces into his second story a character more sympathetic than any in 'Wonderland', and perhaps based on himself -the charming and absurd White Knight, whose inventions include anklets for horses 'to guard against the bites of sharks'.
Author : C. S. Lewis
Performed By : Jeremy Northam
Publisher : Harper Collins UK
Runtime : 6 hours
Categories : Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Magic Classics
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Drawn back to Narnia, Eustace Scrubb and his new friend Jill Pole are sent to rescue a captive prince... More info...
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Author : C. S. Lewis
Performed By : Full Cast Production
Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Runtime : 2 hours 20 minutes
Categories : Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Magic Classics Classics Fantasy Audio Theater
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The third book in the classic Narnia collection, filled with mystery, magic, treachery and intrigue. More info...
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Author : Dodie Smith
Performed By : Various
Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Runtime : 1 hour 45 minutes
Categories : Classics Animals Classics British Drama
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Patricia Hodge, Nicky Henson and Brenda Blethyn star in a BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Dodie Smith's canine classic. More info...
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Author : Mark Twain
Performed By : Dick Hill
Publisher : Brilliance Audio Inc
Runtime : 8 hours 40 minutes
Categories : Over 10s Classics Classics
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Classic American wit and storytelling about boyhood life on the Mississippi. More info...
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