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A review by zbmorgan
The Annotated Alice: The Definitive Edition by Lewis Carroll
4.0
I've already reviewed Alice in Wonderland, so this is really a review of Through the Looking glass.
This story is charming, if possibly slightly less coherent. There is a bit of a plot- Alice arrives at the chessboard and must get to the other side (8 squares) in order to be crowned queen. The chess metaphors are fantastic here, and moviegoers will appreciate the fact that parts of the Disney movie contain chunks of both stories (Tweedledum and Tweedledee are from Looking Glass).
The benefit of the annotated version is huge- there was more to this story and so e of its vocabulary than meets the eye, and especially if you're not familiar with chess, British words for fish and other foods, and Punch, this version is worth a look. Plus, the original illustrations really were the best.
This story is charming, if possibly slightly less coherent. There is a bit of a plot- Alice arrives at the chessboard and must get to the other side (8 squares) in order to be crowned queen. The chess metaphors are fantastic here, and moviegoers will appreciate the fact that parts of the Disney movie contain chunks of both stories (Tweedledum and Tweedledee are from Looking Glass).
The benefit of the annotated version is huge- there was more to this story and so e of its vocabulary than meets the eye, and especially if you're not familiar with chess, British words for fish and other foods, and Punch, this version is worth a look. Plus, the original illustrations really were the best.