| Title | : | Lewis Carrolls Alices Adventures in Wonderland |
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| ISBN | : | 0791085864 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780791085868 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 247 |
| Publication | : | Published July 1, 2006 |
Lewis Carrolls Alices Adventures in Wonderland Reviews
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I am a big fan of South Park. In South Park Stan Marsh is the 10 year old voice of reason who tries to talk sense to a world of adults who have gone absolutely insane. The creators can get away with edgy language and taboo topics because it is done through the medium of cartoon.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is the 19th centuries South Park. Carroll creates an imaginary world in which the reader can excuse criticisms of kings and queens because it is imaginary. Through all the nonsense are slight jabs at the royal family, the courts, duchesses and the workers who blindly follow orders. Criticism of the royal family was most certainly frowned upon 200 years ago but Carroll walks the line and has these gentle nods to appeal to older readers and a silly story for the young. Throughout the story Alice is the only sane individual and tries to talk sense to all these strange adults. Short and sweet. Worth a read. Even if it is not your flavour it will be over before you know it. -
Es la segunda vez que leo este clásico y lo amo cada vez más.
Sin duda, Alicia en el país de las Maravillas ofrece un mundo literario creativo y hermoso. Y ni hablar de los personajes, uno más interesante que el otro.
Literalmente lo leí en una tarde, y es que este es un libro que no solo está escrito de una forma ágil y atrapante sino que además siempre pasan cosas interesantes con cada personaje que aparece.
Se puede decir que cada personaje es un mundo, porque cada uno tiene una historia, una personalidad definida y unos diálogos destacables que te dejan pensando.
Una serie de disparates a simple vista pero que con una lectura más exhaustiva le podés encontrar sentido... o no.
»Pero yo no quiero andar entre locos— señaló Alicia.
—Oh, es algo que no se puede evitar —dijo el Gato— Aquí estamos todos locos. Yo estoy loco. Tú estás loca.
—¿Cómo sabe que yo estoy loca?—preguntó Alicia.
—Si no estuvieras loca—dijo el Gato— nunca hubieras venido aquí.«
»Oh, es el amor, es el amor lo que hace girar al mundo.«
»Es inútil retroceder hasta ayer, porque en ese momento yo era otra persona.« -
'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' a.k.a 'Alice in Wonderland' is a 247 paged classical novel written by Lewis Carroll is 1865. The book follows a young girl and the peculiar circumstances she comes by after following a rabbit down a rabbit-hole, leading to a somewhat alternate universe in a sense. I thought that the idea and plot behind the book was extremely original especially taking into account the time period it was released. 'Alice in Wonderland' seems more like something that would have come about during the 60s or 70s not the 1800s! Psychedelic and absolutely whimsical this classic is truly a unique read. Although I have all these great things to say about the novel, I actually found it a bit frightening. From the Cheshire Cat to the Queen of Hearts and Mad Hatter...yikes! I would definitely recommend this eloquent yet playful book to anyone looking to add a couple classics to their repertoire of books.
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How fun!!
This was my first time reading Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. I have watched multiple movies /shows about Alice in Wonderland and they were "ok". I thought I would give the book a try since I have found myself enjoying reading so much this year. (first time ever, and I'm 53!) The book is so fun! Very charming! -
I loved this book as a child, even had huge sections of it memorized. Then a few years ago I re-read it and appreciated it in a whole different way. It is so incredibly WEIRD! And it continues to provide so many accurate metaphors for life in its dreamlike wisdom: falling down the rabbit hole into a place far removed from the "real world" of comforting familiarity where things make sense, drowning in the pool of tears, the awkwardness of growth--of feeling rapidly taller or shorter--and not in proportion to the requirements of navigating life. The Mad Hatter dominating power politics with a very loose tether on rational consciousness, and the White Rabbit so preoccupied with being late that he misses the present moment, and the Cheshire Cat appearing and disappearing at will. Philosophically profound, and profoundly truthful, all the while speaking the language of metaphor and analogy.
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I really liked it. I loved all the made-up words and the fact that Alice kept talking about her cat and everyone kept getting offended. Also surprised he just made this up in his head as a story at night and then wrote it down.
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4,5☆
Really liked to read the original version of the story, and it reminded me a lot of my childhood when I'd love to watch the modern movie adoption all the time and play the game adoption a lot.
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Wonderful wonderful wonderful. What a wonderful whimsical book! A book full of characters that really come to life as you read, and an Alice that sometimes seems more mad than anyone in Wonderland. I can’t wait to read it to my daughter!
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A classic fantasy book that I am in love with, I can't get enough of it
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It's okay, but so confusing🤯. Now it feels like my head is jelly.
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Pandora Hearts made me read this.
What can I say that hasn't been said?
I guess this would be fun to do a Victorian paper on. A good ole fashioned feminine critique essay. I loved all the stories and how none of it makes sense. I especially love the caterpillar.
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LEAH'S RATING (age 5): *****
LEAH'S REVIEW: I liked this book because we always get to have fun when we read it. It isn't weird because it's how life is--people fight, they blow trumpets like the white rabbit did, and act silly.
LEAH'S FAVORITE QUOTE: "Turn that Dormouse out of court! Suppress him! Pinch him! Off with his whiskers!" (the Queen of Hearts, who else?)
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RAEF'S RATING (age 7): *
RAEF'S REVIEW: I didn't like it cause it was weird.
RAEF'S FAVORITE QUOTE: "No wise fish would go anywhere without a porpoise... why, if a fish came to me, and tole me he was going a journey, I should say, 'With what porpoise?'" (Mock Turtle)
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MEG'S RATING: ****
MEG'S REVIEW: This is a fun read, in that acid-trip sort of way, and I have to admire Carroll (or whatever his real name was) for his creativity and courage, despite several still-scarring childhood nightmares of the Queen of Hearts on a decapitation rampage. I absolutely hated this movie as a kid, because my left-brained nature wouldn't allow me to classify or understand it in any way. However, the ending of the book does have something of a point--sort of that Peter Pan-eque, watching-the-pirate-ship-depart-into-the-night-skies tribute to a child's imagination. The entire book is structured not as an adult would structure it, but rather as a child would. It reminds me of the almost-nonsensical short stories my kids write. And for that, I bow to the genius and creative control of a man who can turn off his grownup-ness with so much abandon.
FAVORITE QUOTES:
So many out-of-the-way things had happened lately, that Alice had begun to think that very few things indeed were really impossible.
She was quite surprised to find that she remained the same size: to be sure, this generally happens when one eats cake, but Alice had got so much into the way of expecting nothing but out-of-the-way things to happen, that is seemed quite dull and stupid for life to go on in the common way.
“I can’t explain myself, I’m afraid, sir,” said Alice, “Because I’m not myself, you see.” (Alice)
“Being so many different sizes in a day is very confusing.” (Alice)
“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?” (Alice)
“That depends a good deal on where you want to get to.” (Cheshire Cat)
“Really, now you ask me,” said Alice, very much confused. “I don’t think—“
“Then you shouldn’t talk,” said the Hatter.
“The moral of that is—‘Be what you would seem to be’—or if you’d like it put more simply—‘Never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you had been would have appeared to them to be otherwise.’” (the Duchess)
“Why did you call [your teacher:] Tortoise, if he wasn’t one?” Alice asked.
“We called him Tortoise because he taught us,” said the Mock Turtle angrily. (this one works better if you read it with a British accent)
“I could tell you my adventures—beginning from this morning…but it’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.”
“Begin at the beginning… and go on till you come to the end: then stop.” (the King of Hearts)
Lastly, she (Alice’s sister) pictured to herself how this same little sister of hers would, in the after-time, be herself a grown woman; and how she would keep, through all her riper years, the simple and loving heart of her childhood: and how she would gather about her other little children, and make their eyes bright and eager with any a strange tale, perhaps even with the dream of Wonderland of long ago: and how she would feel with all their simple sorrows, and find a pleasure in all their simple joys, remembering her own child-life, and the happy summer days. -
Carroll, L. (2005). Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. New York: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.
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So, let’s start out with honesty. I was never a big fan of Alice and her adventures as a child. I found the cartoon tense and unnerving—too many “off with her head” declarations. And now, reading it as an adult, I found it…trippy. Too trippy for me.
It begins simply enough. Bored, Alice notices a white rabbit and follows it through a rabbit-hole into a world where she can change her height with a taste of certain foods and drinks, cats smiles, caterpillars smoke from hookahs, babies turn to pigs and time is a person.
While the illustrations will help ease a reader into the text of this edition, there are still A LOT of text on each page, which may intimidate some (including me). I did find that after I started reading, the story went quickly, with flashes of memory from the Disney cartoon helping me to visualize, surprisingly enough. And I think connecting the book to other texts may be a way to ease some readers like me into the text. A teacher could pair it to Sachar’s Wayside School series or the movie Labyrinth.
Activities to do with the book:
A teacher could create a lesson on manners or consider British history and philosophies of the nineteenth century.
If this book was used with high school students to draw out symbolisms, a teacher would probably have to address the implication of drug use among writers in the nineteenth century.
Since some students may have trouble engaging with the book, especially if they’re struggling readers, this book may be best as an individual recommendation.
A teacher could connect this classic to other books (a few are mentioned above).
Favorite Quotes:
“Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the band, and of having nothing to do” (p. 7).
“For, you see, so many out-of-the-way things had happened lately that Alice had begun to think that very few things indeed were really impossible” (p. 11).
“Well, then,” the Cat went on, “you see a dog growls when it’s angry, and wags its tail when it’s pleased. Now I growl when I’m pleased, and wag my tail when I’m angry. Therefore I’m mad.”
“I call it purring, not, not growling,” said Alice.
“Call it what you like,” said the Cat.“ (p. 58).
For more of my reviews, visit sjkessel.blogspot.com. -
Gostei muito do tom em que todo o livro está escrito, leve e divertido cheio de pormenores que ajudam a criar nas nossas cabeças o mundo maravilhoso onde Alice foi parar quando entrou na toca do coelho. O mais engraçado, é que mesmo sendo tudo tão irreal, não nos custa imaginar que poderia haver algo assim, quase como se todos nós, em crianças lá estivéssemos estado um dia, tal como Alice.
Gostei muito da Alice e não me lembro de a Alice da Disney, ou mesmo da série de desenhos animados (de que tenho vaga ideia), ser uma menina tão divertida e tão pouco convencional. Adorei que ela não fosse uma criança assustada, questionando tudo o que lhe contavam e que muitas vezes perdesse a paciência com toda aquela loucura e com todas aquelas criaturas surreais. É uma miúda engraçada... ;)
Fiquei surpreendida por ter gostado tanto deste livrinho. :) -
I watched the Disney version of this many a time when I was younger, but have never read the book. Last night undecided about what to read I chose this from my Kindle as I had downloaded it two years ago.
It was amazing, it transports you to such another world. A world where disappearing cats, mad hatters and Queens who play croquet with flamingos exist. I loved it. There were so many parts that had me in hysterics and I didn't think I'd enjoy such an old book. Boy was I wrong.
The tea party scene was my favourite and the part where the King requests the chesire cat to be beheaded, but the executioner is confused as how can you behead something when the body isn't there? It's the most hilarious madness I've ever read.
Lewis Carrol made up the story while on a boat to entertain friends and they asked him to write it all down. Well I'm glad he did as I thoroughly enjoyed this. -
Well the movie's coming out soon so I said I'd read the book first. Though I have seen the Disney movie, the book was good. Followed certain parts well. I can tell though that it also combines things from Through the Looking Glass, another Alice story. It was good, crazy at times but Disney definitely took it to a more fun and obsurd level. Again, I think this opinion is due to seeing the Disney movie first. But all in all, a good fairy tale.
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It was alright. I love the story and I loved the movie but I just felt that it was a little hard to get through. It should've taken a day or maybe two at the most but it took me five just because I couldn't sit down and read it for more than 15 minutes each just because of the sheer confusement of the whole story. I loved the storyline and the writing was alright as well. Just wish I would've been able to finish it faster
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This story is one of my favorites to read over and over even if it is oddly written. Its not a normal writing style but it is creative and imaginative in many ways. You get to follow young Alice as she ventures through an unknown land and meets strange creatures. She is fearful of a lot of the adventures she gets herself into and tries to escape from such things. It is a really good story for people who enjoy such oddities as talking animals and confusing humans.
