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The Annotated Alice: "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" AND "Through the Looking Glass"Snagging.org In association with Amazon.co.ukOnline Shop | Property Guides | Kitchen & Home | Garden Tools | Power Tools | Consumer Electronics Get the Snagging Checklist Here! The Annotated Alice: "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" AND "Through the Looking Glass" by: Lewis Carroll  List Price: £10.99 Amazon.co.uk's Price: £7.69 You Save: £3.30 (30%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 809 EAN: 9780140289299 Edition: The Definitive New Ed ISBN: 0140289291 Label: Penguin Manufacturer: Penguin Number Of Pages: 368 Publication Date: October 25, 2001 Publisher: Penguin Studio: Penguin Related Items:
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 Rating:  - SosoAlice's Adventure My first impressions of this book were that it was like reading C.S. Lewis on cheap drugs. The events are complete non sequiturs and the changes in plot are worse. It appears to be a spoiled child wandering in a world she does not understand, nor is willing to learn about - unlike Lucy in The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe who seeks to understand the local customs and circumstances. The book is very easy to read but it leaves distaste in my literary mouth. I know it is considered a classic but I just do not see it, and if I did not have to read it for school I would not have bothered to finish it. (First written as Journal Reading Notes in 1999.) Through the Looking Glass Though this book is not much better than Alice's Adventures, the chess motif and theme does make the book much more interesting. With the bossy, dominant Red Queen and the quiet, kind, messy white queen, the book is a study in contrasts. The interweaving of the Nursery Rhyme Characters and the frequent fish poetry references does provide more continuity and a sense of sequential events than Alice's first adventure. I also appreciated the linking of the cat at the beginning and end of the story. It does still feel like Carroll did way too many opium pipes in his time. (First written as Journal Reading Notes in 1999.) Rating: - Maybe I lack imagination...A student chose this for our book club, and although I had some misgivings I said yes, because after all it's a classic.I tried to forget the fact that I didn't like it the first time I read it. I enthusiastically bought myself this annotated edition and started reading it again... And surprise, surprise I still don't like it. My four stars go to the editor , though. The notes are wonderful,even though sometimes I get a bit fed up with them and concentrate on just the text for a while. I suppose the reason I don't like "Alice" is I'm not into nonsense. My student told me I should try and believe what is happening is true. I've tried but I can't,maybe it's because I'm getting old... Rating: - Drink me !It's not so much a looking glass that is required here but a magnifying glass as it would help to read the tiny annotated text which accompanies the original story. Either that or a small bottle marked "Drink Me" which when taken reduces the reader to a size in keeping with the small print. Although the subject has been thoroughly and well researched explanations of "comfit" and "ferret" leave no doubt that this examination of an English treasure is probably aimed at the American market. Rating:  - Can't be too definitiveNot knowing what you do not know it tells you everything. This book appears to be stand alone logic and fun on the surface. Some may even think it is a children's book. If so why all the courses and scholarly writings on the story? Some things are self evident as being so short that you can touch your toes. Others may take some time as the reason hatters are mad is the process includes mercury so even if it was directed at a particular person or not hatters are mad. Still when was the last time you used a bathing machine? Knowing some of information can enhance the enjoyment of reading the story. You get the original illustrations to boot. So when you are finished perusing this book it can be used as a coffee table conversation book. Rating: - A lovely twist to a great bookEveryone thinks they know about Alice in Wonderland - my own 'knowledge' comes from years of obsessive viewing of the superlative Disney feature as a child - but this terrific little book will prove you wrong. There are enough notes in here to keep even the most apathetic reader pacified; and the book is designed in such a way that the notes aid the reader, rather than becoming a constant pain. Presented alongside the text (reproduced with original Tenniel drawings of the characters) the notes are immediate and gripping, and whether you are studying this book or merely reading it for pleasure, i can thoroughly reccommend this edition. Well worth your money and your time.  Try searching the Internet for "The Annotated Alice: "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" AND "Through the Looking Glass"" or Ebay for "The Annotated Alice: "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" AND "Through the Looking Glass"". You might also be interested in the following great products:
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