The Alice books are two of the most translated, most quoted, and best-known books in the world, but what exactly are they? Apparently delightful, innocent fantasies for children, they are also complex textures of mathematical, linguistic, and philosophical jokes. Alices encounters with the White Rabbit, the Cheshire-Cat, the King and Queen of Hearts, the Mad Hatter, Tweedledum and Tweedledee and many other extraordinary characters have made them masterpieces of carefree nonsense, yet they also appeal to adults on a quite different level.
Introduction
Note on the Text
Select Bibliography
A Chronology of C. L. Dodgson Lewis Carroll
ALICES ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND
THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS
Appendix: The Wasp in a Wig
Explanatory Notes