Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass [electronic resource]
Lewis Carroll2019
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This Penguin Classic is performed by Katie Leung, star of the Harry Potter
films. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by Hugh Haughton.
Conjured up one 'golden afternoon' in 1862 to entertain Alice Liddell, the
daughter of the dean of Carroll's college, the dream worlds of nonsensical
Wonderland and back-to-front Looking Glass kingdom depict order turned upside
down.
Following the white rabbit into his warren, Alice falls into a world where
croquet is played with hedgehogs and flamingos, a baby turns into a pig, time
runs amok at a the Mad Hatter's tea party, a chaotic game of chess makes Alice a
Queen and the Mock Turtle and Gryphon dance the Lobster Quadrille. But amongst
the anarchic humour and sparkling wordplay, unforgettable characters, puzzles
and riddles, are poignant moments of nostalgia for a lost childhood.
Original and experimental, adapted into countless film and television versions
as Alice in Wonderland, the...
Main title:
Author:
Lewis Carroll, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Penguin UK, 2019
Collation:
1 online resource (1 audio file) (241 MB, 08:47:04 H)
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Performers:
Narrator: Katie Leung
Audience:
Adult
System details:
Platform: findawayMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9780241442425
Language:
English
BRN:
438183
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