First published 1884
Alice follows a White Rabbit down a hole and finds herself in Wonderland, where she encounters the Cheshire Cat, attends a mad tea party, and plays croquet with the Queen of Hearts. Her adventures continue when she steps through a looking glass into a backwards world of chess pieces and talking flowers. Carroll's complete collection also follows Sylvie and Bruno, two fairy children who move between the human world and Fairyland. The volume includes "The Hunting of the Snark," a nonsense poem about a crew searching for a mythical creature. Carroll's mathematical mind surfaces in logic puzzles, word games, and ciphers. His poetry ranges from playful verses to darker phantasmagoria. The collection captures Carroll's ability to blend mathematical precision with wild imagination, creating worlds where logic becomes absurd and absurdity becomes logical.
Genres: classic-literature, anthologies, fantasy, poetry, childrens-classics
Vibes: imaginative, playful, surreal, thought-provoking, whimsical
Tropes: alternate-world, fish-out-of-water, nonsense-logic
Setting: Wonderland, Looking Glass World, Fairyland
Period: 19th-century
384 pages · Paperback · Geddes & Grosset
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