Alice Through the Looking-Glass

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The timeless sequel to the Kate Greenaway Medal and Kurt Maschler Award-winning "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". For over a century, Lewis Carroll's classic stories of logic and lunacy have inspired delight in young and old alike. Continuing Alice's adventures, "Alice Through the Looking-Glass" sees her walking through a mirror into a topsy-turvy world. There she meets a host of bizarre characters, including Tweedledum and Tweedledee, Humpty Dumpty and the Red Queen. But is it all a dream?;"An Alice for the new millennium, this book is a triumph of design and rare quality." The Guardian on "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland";Helen Oxenbury's Alice is a child of today - modern, personable, spirited!

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Item number (ASIN): 074455778X
Author: Lewis Carroll
Creator: Helen Oxenbury, Illustrator
ISBN: 074455778X
Manufacturer: Walker Books Ltd
Number Of Pages: 208
Package Dimensions: 126 x 787 x 929 (hundredths-inches)
Publication Date: October 3, 2005
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
Binding: Hardcover

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Average Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

Rating:

- My rating is for the Ralph Steadman illustrated edition, which is the one pictured here.
I'm confused by the other reviews here, which all refer to some other illustrators. I'm looking at an edition that was illustrated by Ralph Steadman. Also, credit for the illustration is given to Ralph Steadman, in the Amazon description on this page. That is the edition I want and I certainly hope it is the one that is delivered to my home. If it is any other edition than the one pictured on the page I ordered from, I'll be wanting a complete refund. Thank you, Barbara

Rating:

- more than expected :-)
I collect different editions of Alice In Wonderland for the illustrations. So this piece has a very nice illustrations style, there are a lots of them and the book is actually way thicker (read: better :-), than I expected. The text itself I did not read honestly.

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- CAUTION: The Jeremy Reed paperback is not an illustrated edition
Due to Amazon's habit of interchanging descriptions and also customer reviews reviews for books with multiple editions, please note that this review refers only to the paperback edition with Jeremy Reed's critical appraisal: This book is NOT intended for children. The only illustration in this edition is the cover art, which is a subversive, overtly sexualized take on a tumbling Alice. The supposed reason for publishing the edition at all is Jeremy Reed's "revealing" critical reading of C.L. Dodgson's (Lewis Carroll's) purported obsession with young girls. There is more than one argument to be made in this case, with San Francisco Museum of Modern Art curator Douglas Nickel offering a substantive counter-claim that considers Carroll's career in the context of the conventions of his Victorian England, rather than in our modern age of lurid post-Freudian pop psychology. Overall, I can only recommend this book to those who wish to carry on the debate about Dodgson's sexuality, and only then if taken with a grain of salt.

Rating:

- What does Trevor Brown have to do with Helen Oxenbury's edition?
There are three reviews to this edition that talk about Trevor Brown's contribution, including the cover, to this book. Surely these comments should have been attached to a different book. This book is illustrated by Helen Oxenbury, and there is no attribution anywhere, including the cover, that has to do with Trevor Brown. By the way, the Oxenbury illustrations are typical of her style. Frankly, as a collector of Carrolliana, I find Oxenbury's illustrations to be far too precious to hold the interest of adults, but others might find them to be appropriate for a child. The edition is well printed, on good paper and with solid color.

Rating:

- Excellent book with adult illustrations.
Thoroughly enjoyed the book and its illustrations. The pictures are in the style of those drawn at the turn of the previous century. Absolutely delightful. There's definitely no credit to any Trevor name. The illustrations are from Malcolm Mashman. The drawings are perhaps more formal than the current Walt Disney interpretations, but they convey the story exactly. Well done!!! Pip pip and all that!!!