They were standing under a tree, each with an arm round the other’s neck, and Alice knew which was which in a moment, because one of them had `DUM’ embroidered on his collar, and the other `DEE.’ `I suppose they’ve each got “TWEEDLE” round at the back of the collar,’ she said to herself.
They stood [...]
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THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
CHAPTER THREE
Of course the first thing to do was to make a grand survey of the country she was going to travel through. `It’s something very like learning geography,’ thought Alice, as she stood on tiptoe in hopes of being able to see a little further. `Principal rivers — there are [...]
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THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
CHAPTER TWO - THE GARDEN OF LIVE FLOWERS
`I should see the garden far better,’ said Alice to herself, `if I could get to the top of that hill: and here’s a path that leads straight to it — at least, no, it doesn’t do that — ‘ (after going a few [...]
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THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
CHAPTER ONE
One thing was certain, that the white kitten had had nothing to do with it: — it was the black kitten’s fault entirely. For the white kitten had been having its face washed by the old cat for the last quarter of an hour (and bearing it pretty well, considering); so [...]
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 Detailed images of king and queen of hearts. Also samples of playing card costumes and original illustrations from Alice in Wonderland
KING OF HEARTS
Called “Charles” on the French deck, probably after Charles the Great (Charlemagne) — or perhaps after French king Charles VII. He holds a sword. He faces forward, a little to the right. [...]
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Illustrations Sir John Tenniel (1820-1914) for Alice in Wonderland.
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1886 drawings by Lewis Carroll, author of Alice in Wonderland. In the final printing an illustrator was hired. These are the rough draft drawings by the author himself for Alice in Wonderland.
THE ORIGINAL ALICEÂ
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Illustrations by Lewis Carroll
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 In 1876 Lewis Carroll, the author of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”, wrote this letter entitled “An Easter Greeting to Every Child Who Loves Alice.”
Dear Child,
Please to fancy, if you can, that you are reading a real letter, from a real friend whom you have seen, and whose voice you can seem to yourself to [...]
“Jabberwocky” is a poem of nonsense verse written by Lewis Carroll, and found as a part of his novel Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871). It is generally considered to be one of the greatest nonsense poems written in the English language. This poem is used in many schools to teach [...]
