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  • Through the Looking-Glass

  • By: Lewis Carroll
  • Narrated by: Harlan Ellison
  • Length: 3 hrs and 16 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (497 ratings)

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Through the Looking-Glass

By: Lewis Carroll
Narrated by: Harlan Ellison
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Publisher's summary

This 1872 sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland finds Carroll's inquisitive heroine in a fantastic land where everything is reversed. Whereas the first book has the deck of cards as a theme, this book is loosely based on a game of chess, played on a giant chessboard with fields for squares.

Alice encounters talking flowers, madcap kings and queens, and strange mythological characters when she becomes a pawn in a bizarre chess game involving Humpty Dumpty, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, and other amusing nursery-rhyme characters.

Public Domain (P)2008 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

"By any reckoning...[one of the] most original works of fiction to emerge from that strange and original time known as Victorian England." ( Guardian)

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Quite odd

One of the oddest things I've had the pleasure of listening too. It is like being thrashed about from time to time. I can see why they took liberties with all the movies they made. He was quite an odd fellow this one. Overall I enjoyed the story.

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Wonderful Performance!

This performance of one of our favorite books kept the kids entirely engaged during our road trip!

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favorite novel

not my favorite voice actor but amazing story and still worth a listen my favorite novel ever

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Not as good as the first

Not sure what the hoopla is about this one. I’d probably get it if i listend to it again (the performance was grand), but i don’t have an interest in the story.

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Great voices

The reader was fantastic! I especially liked the bubbling noises from the brook. He is very talented.

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Weird Voice Choices

The voices were chosen oddly. They did not appeal to the children who listened to the story.

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Another great classic!!!!

While I enjoyed this books predecessor more Through the Looking Glass is still amusing and fun as well as narrated very well I highly recommend!!!

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Awesome

I enjoyed listening to this book. I’ve read this book when I was a kid in elementary and it’s still as wonderful as the first time I read it.

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Fans of the narrator might enjoy this

I found this narration obnoxious and very off-putting. I had trouble finishing it. I've never been a huge fan of Ellison, but a few of his stories were fine. He should stick to writing. The story probably isn't as good as the first Alice story, but it's still a classic.

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What a Narrator!!

Thanks you for bringing Alice and all her imagination alive for us!! I can’t wait to listen to more of Harlan Ellison!!!

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