The Alice in Wonderland Omnibus Including Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (with the Original John Tenniel Illustrations) (A Reader's Library Classic Hardcover)

I almost wish I hadnt gone down that rabbit-hole-and yet-and yet-its rather curious you know this sort of life!Presented here is a beautiful hardcover of Lewis Carrolls Alice series of books including Alices Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking Glass. Included are all 90+ of the original publications John Tenniel illustrations properly formatted and sized within the story. Read the Alice saga the way it was meant to be read.Alices Adventures in Wonderland: Down the rabbit hole away little Alice goes. Follow her at your own peril but beware of the world you are about to enter. One with a decapitation-crazed queen an unintelligible duchess a sleepy dormouse a chronically late rabbit a witty Cheshire cat a blue hookah-smoking caterpillar a Hatter and a March Hare hosting a mad tea party and a caucus race so bewildering that the best way to explain it is just to do it.Through the Looking Glass: Adventure mayhem and madness continue for young Alice after she climbs through the mirror hanging above her fireplaces mantel. Into the reflective world she travels and soon she discovers that just as everything is backward in a mirrors reflection so is everything from backward sentences to backward logic in the mirror world. Rank by rank Alice must cross through an enormous chess board as she meets a fantastical motley crew of creatures chess pieces and humans alike. What shall happen when little Alice reaches the end of the chess board?