Through the Looking Glass - 9781453709184

Pruned to something less than half the original (using only Carroll's language), with chess moves, verse, chaptering, and main events intact: an abridgement that may find some use as an introduction, though any child who enjoys it should be steered to a complete edition. It's not true--despite Ross's otherwise sensible introduction--that all the humor is here (where are the six impossible things before breakfast''?); but his forthrightly honest approach (even the title page reads Abridged & Illustrated by...'' in caps) merits some indulgence, while even purists will enjoy comparing his witty, freely rendered caricatures with Tenniel's elegantly limned art--which Ross's frequently parodies. (Fiction. 6]) -- Copyright (c)1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Author: Lewis Carroll

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Publication Date: Jul 15, 2010

Number of Pages: 130 pages

Binding: Paperback or Softback

ISBN-10: 1453709185

ISBN-13: 9781453709184