• Tweet

• » Follow PenguinBooks
• 
• 
• 

• » Privacy & Cookies

• Tweet

• » Follow PenguinBooks
• 
• 
• 

• » Privacy & Cookies

• Synopsis
• Reviews
• Product details

• Biography
• More titles by Lewis Carroll

• See all the books in series
• Buy Complete set

Synopsis

'"Curiouser and curiouser!" cried Alice (she was so surprised, that for the moment she quite forgot how to speak good English). "Now I'm opening out like the largest telescope that ever was! Goodbye, feet!"'

'I had sent my heroine straight down a rabbit-hole ... without the least idea what was to happen afterwards,' wrote Lewis Carroll, describing how Alice was conjured up one 'golden afternoon' in 1862 to entertain his child-friend Alice Liddell. His dream worlds of nonsensical Wonderland and the back-to-front Looking Glass kingdom depict order turned upside-down: a baby turns into a pig, time is abandoned at a disorderly tea-party and a chaotic game of chess makes a seven-year-old girl a Queen. But amongst the anarchic humour and sparkling word play, puzzles and riddles, are poignant moments of nostalgia for lost childhood.

The Penguin English Library requests the pleasure of your company.

Welcome to the Penguin English Library - 100 of the best novels in the English language. These are books to collect and share, admire and hold; books that celebrate the pure pleasure of reading.

Become a member at Facebook.com/PenguinEnglishLibrary, or join us at www.penguinenglishlibrary.com

Reviews

Product details

FREE UK Delivery*

• Full delivery details

• » View your basket

Search for new vacancies and work experience on the Penguin job site.