Las aventuras de Alicia en el País de las Maravillas

Por Lewis Carroll

Popularizado por las decenas de versiones que de él se han llevado a cabo, el relato que el reverendo Charles Dodgson, verdadero nombre de LEWIS CARROLL, escribiera para la nina Alicia Liddell, de diez anos, es un delicioso entramado de situaciones verosímiles y absurdas, metamorfosis insólitas de seres y ambientes, juegos con el lenguaje y con la lógica y asociaciones oníricas que hacen de él un libro inolvidable.

• Idioma: Español
• Editorial: Booklassic
• Fecha de lanzamiento: 29 jun 2015
• ISBN: 9789635270149

Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) was an English children’s writer. Born in Cheshire to a family of prominent Anglican clergymen, Carroll—the pen name of Charles Dodgson—suffered from a stammer and pulmonary issues from a young age. Confined to his home frequently as a boy, he wrote poems and stories to pass the time, finding publication in local and national magazines by the time he was in his early twenties. After graduating from the University of Oxford in 1854, he took a position as a mathematics lecturer at Christ Church, which he would hold for the next three decades. In 1865, he published Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, masterpiece of children’s literature that earned him a reputation as a leading fantasist of the Victorian era. Followed by Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871), Carroll’s creation has influenced generations of readers, both children and adults alike, and has been adapted countless times for theater, film, and television. Carroll is also known for his nonsense poetry, including The Hunting of the Snark (1876) and “Jabberwocky.”

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lejanos.

Capítulo 1

En la madriguera del conejo

Alicia empezaba ya a cansarse de estar sentada con su hermana a la orilla del río, sin tener nada que hacer: había echado un par de ojeadas al libro que su hermana estaba leyendo, pero no tenía dibujos ni diálogos. «¿Y de qué sirve un libro sin dibujos ni diálogos?», se preguntaba Alicia.

Así pues, estaba pensando (y pensar le costaba cierto esfuerzo, porque el calor del día la había dejado soñolienta y atontada) si el placer de tejer una guirnalda de margaritas la compensaría del trabajo de levantarse y coger las margaritas, cuando de pronto saltó cerca de ella un Conejo Blanco de ojos rosados.

No había nada muy extraordinario en esto, ni tampoco le pareció a Alicia muy extraño oír que el conejo se decía a sí mismo: «¡Dios mío! ¡Dios mío! ¡Voy a llegar tarde!» (Cuando pensó en ello después, decidió que, desde luego, hubiera debido sorprenderla mucho, pero en aquel momento le pareció lo más natural del mundo). Pero cuando el conejo se sacó un reloj de bolsillo del chaleco, lo miró y echó a correr, Alicia se levantó de un salto, porque comprendió de golpe que ella nunca había visto un conejo con chaleco, ni con reloj que sacarse de él, y, ardiendo de curiosidad, se puso a correr tras el conejo por la pradera, y llegó justo a tiempo para ver cómo se precipitaba en una madriguera que se abría al pie del seto.

Un momento más tarde, Alicia se metía también en la madriguera, sin pararse a considerar cómo se las arreglaría después para salir.

Al principio, la madriguera del conejo se extendía en línea recta como un túnel, y después torció bruscamente hacia abajo, tan bruscamente que Alicia no tuvo siquiera tiempo de pensar en detenerse y se encontró cayendo por lo que parecia un pozo muy profundo.

O el pozo era en verdad profundo, o ella caía muy despacio, porque Alicia, mientras descendía, tuvo tiempo sobrado para mirar a su alrededor y para preguntarse qué iba a suceder después. Primero, intentó mirar hacia abajo y ver a dónde iría a parar, pero estaba todo demasiado oscuro para distinguir nada. Después miró hacia las paredes del pozo y observó que estaban cubiertas de armarios y estantes para libros: aquí y allá vio mapas y cuadros, colgados de clavos. Cogió, a su paso, un jarro de los estantes. Llevaba una etiqueta que decía: MERMELADA DE NARANJA, pero vio, con desencanto, que estaba vacío. No le pareció bien tirarlo al fondo, por miedo a matar a alguien que anduviera por abajo, y se las arregló para dejarlo en otro de los estantes mientras seguía descendiendo.

«¡Vaya! », pensó Alicia. «¡Después de una caída como ésta, rodar por las escaleras me parecerá algo sin importancia! ¡Qué valiente me encontrarán todos! ¡Ni siquiera lloraría, aunque me cayera del tejado!» (Y era verdad.)

Abajo, abajo, abajo. ¿No acabaría nunca de caer?

- Me gustaría saber cuántas millas he descendido ya - dijo en voz alta- . Tengo que estar bastante cerca del centro de la tierra. Veamos: creo que está a cuatro mil millas de profundidad…

Como veis, Alicia había aprendido algunas cosas de éstas en las clases de la escuela, y aunque no era un momento muy oportuno para presumir de sus conocimientos, ya que no había nadie allí que pudiera escucharla, le pareció que repetirlo le servía de repaso. - Sí, está debe de ser la distancia… pero me pregunto a qué latitud o longitud habré llegado.

Alicia no tenía la menor idea de lo que era la latitud, ni tampoco la longitud, pero le pareció bien decir unas palabras tan bonitas e impresionantes. Enseguida volvió a empezar.

- ¡A lo mejor caigo a través de toda la tierra! ¡Qué divertido sería salir donde vive esta gente que anda cabeza abajo! Los antipáticos, creo… (Ahora Alicia se alegró de que no hubiera nadie escuchando, porque esta palabra no le sonaba del todo bien.) Pero entonces tendré que preguntarles el nombre del país. Por favor, señora, ¿estamos en Nueva Zelanda o en Australia?

Y mientras decía estas palabras, ensayó una reverencia. ¡Reverencias mientras caía por el aire! ¿Creéis que esto es posible? - ¡Y qué criaja tan ignorante voy a parecerle! No, mejor será no preguntar nada. Ya lo veré escrito en alguna parte.

Abajo, abajo, abajo. No había otra cosa que hacer y Alicia empezó enseguida a hablar otra vez.

- ¡Temo que Dina me echará mucho de menos esta noche ! (Dina era la gata.) Espero que se acuerden de su platito de leche a la hora del té. ¡Dina, guapa, me gustaría tenerte conmigo aquí abajo! En el aire no hay ratones, claro, pero podrías cazar algún murciélago, y se parecen mucho a los ratones, sabes. Pero me pregunto: ¿comerán murciélagos los gatos?

Al llegar a este punto, Alicia empezó a sentirse medio dormida y siguió diciéndose como en sueños: «¿Comen murciélagos los gatos? ¿Comen murciélagos los gatos?» Y a veces: «¿Comen gatos los murciélagos?» Porque, como no sabía contestar a ninguna de las dos preguntas, no importaba mucho cual de las dos se formulara. Se estaba durmiendo de veras y empezaba a soñar que paseaba con Dina de la mano y que le preguntaba con mucha ansiedad: «Ahora Dina, dime la verdad, ¿te has comido alguna vez un murciélago?», cuando de pronto, ¡cataplum!, fue a dar sobre un montón de ramas y hojas secas. La caída había terminado.

Alicia no sufrió el menor daño, y se levantó de un salto. Miró hacia arriba, pero todo estaba oscuro. Ante ella se abría otro largo pasadizo, y alcanzó a ver en él al Conejo Blanco, que se alejaba a toda prisa. No había momento que perder, y Alicia, sin vacilar, echó a correr como el viento, y llego justo a tiempo para oírle decir, mientras doblaba un recodo

-¡Válganme mis orejas y bigotes, qué tarde se me está haciendo!

Iba casi pisándole los talones, pero, cuando dobló a su vez el recodo, no vio al Conejo por ninguna parte. Se encontró en un vestíbulo amplio y bajo, iluminado por una hilera de lámparas que colgaban del techo.

Había puertas alrededor de todo el vestíbulo, pero todas estaban cerradas con llave, y cuando Alicia hubo dado la vuelta, bajando por un lado y subiendo por el otro, probando puerta a puerta, se dirigió tristemente al centro de la habitación, y se preguntó cómo se las arreglaría para salir de allí.

De repente se encontró ante una mesita de tres patas, toda de cristal macizo. No había nada sobre ella, salvo una diminuta llave de oro, y lo primero que se le ocurrió a Alicia fue que debía corresponder a una de las puertas del vestíbulo. Pero, ¡ay!, o las cerraduras eran demasiado grandes, o la llave era demasiado pequeña, lo cierto es que no pudo abrir ninguna puerta. Sin embargo, al dar la vuelta por segunda vez, descubrió una cortinilla que no había visto antes, y detrás había una puertecita de unos dos palmos de altura. Probó la llave de oro en la cerradura, y vio con alegría que ajustaba bien.

Alicia abrió la puerta y se encontró con que daba a un estrecho pasadizo, no más ancho que una ratonera. Se arrodilló y al otro lado del pasadizo vio el jardín más maravilloso que podáis imaginar. ¡Qué ganas tenía de salir de aquella oscura sala y de pasear entre aquellos macizos de flores multicolores y aquellas frescas fuentes! Pero ni siquiera podía pasar la cabeza por la abertura. «Y aunque pudiera pasar la cabeza», pensó la pobre Alicia, «de poco iba a servirme sin los hombros. ¡Cómo me gustaría poderme encoger como un telescopio! Creo que podría hacerlo, sólo con saber por dónde empezar.» Y es que, como veis, a Alicia le habían pasado tantas cosas extraordinarias aquel día, que había empezado a pensar que casi nada era en realidad imposible.

De nada servía quedarse esperando junto a la puertecita, así que volvió a la mesa, casi con la esperanza de encontrar sobre ella otra llave, o, en todo caso, un libro de instrucciones para encoger a la gente como si fueran telescopios. Esta vez encontró en la mesa una botellita («que desde luego no estaba aquí antes», dijo Alicia), y alrededor del cuello de la botella había una etiqueta de papel con la palabra «BEBEME» hermosamente impresa en grandes caracteres.

Está muy bien eso de decir

Comentarios para Las aventuras de Alicia en el País de las Maravillas

[lostvampire_1 · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

Fantastic book! Wonderfully illustrated!

[alexandraarose · Calificación: 3 de 5 estrellas]

It was okayy..

[bnielsen_30 · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

Dette er den originale håndskrevne version af historien "Alice's Adventures under Ground", urmanuskriptet. Den blev oversat til dansk som "Maries Hændelser i Vidunderlandet" allerede i 1875, men den var dårligt oversat og vakte ikke større begejstring. Der er et efterskrift, der fortæller bogens historie og fx at "How doth the little busy bee, improve each shining hour..." er et digt fra 1715 af Isaac Watt.Historien kender vi jo: Alice følger efter en kanin, falder ned i et hul, havner i en sal med døre, drikker af en flaske og bliver mindre, men kan nu ikke længere nå nøglen. Hun spiser af en kage, der gør hende for stor. Hun har grædt en stor vandpyt og falder selv i den sammen med en mus, en and, en dum dodo, en dværgpapegøje og en ørneunge og en masse andre dyr. Den hvide kanin dukker op igen og hun følger efter den til dens hus. Indenfor drikker hun igen en flaske og bliver kæmpestor. Peter Kanin truer med at brænde huset af, da firbenet Ole ikke kan få hende ud, men hun når at blive lille igen. Hun stikker af og møder snart efter den blå kålorm. Hun læser en underlig version af "Du er gammel, far Vilhelm" op for kålormen. Derfra går det via Filurkatten over til gartnerne, der maler hvide roser røde. Den Røde Dronning har let ved at dømme folk til døden, men Alice redder gartnerne ved at stikke dem i lommen. Dronningen spiller kroket med Alice, men snyder groft. Næsten alle bliver dømt til døden, men faktisk er det indrettet så ingen bliver henrettet. En forloren skildpadde og en grif bliver afbrudt i deres historie af en retssag, hvor Dronningen vil have først dommen og så beviserne.Netop da vågner Alice.Fremragende historie oprindeligt fortalt til Alice Liddell. Historien er både bundet til Carrolls egen tid og alligevel stadig holdbar.

[srineet-3 · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

Very nicely read. Enjoyable audiobook.

[tanya8dogearedcopy · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is the Classic nonsense tale of an English girl falling down a rabbit hole, there to encounter the strange world of absurdly anthropomorphized animals and playing cards, enigmatic messages and, well, sizing issues :-D

A Classic is usually a novel that has become so ingrained in the collective memory or culture, that one might not be sure whether one has read it or not. The reputation of the book itself precedes the actual experience of reading it and the characters are often the prototypes of later iterations and any number of adaptations. If you've never experienced Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, or read it once before, or even if you've read it multiple times, it bears (another) reading. As familiar as many are with the tale, to actually read or hear the original, un-Disneyfied tale is a pleasure as the nuances of the language surface and fade in ephemeral logic and gently wry humor. The subtlety, whimsy and detail of Wonderland, its inhabitants and their language lends itself to repeated discoveries.

Michael York as the narrator of this audiobook edition brings a nice range of character voices to the story, never sounded absurd himself as he renders the tale of Alice with obvious affection and a master storyteller's grace. His smooth, somewhat effete British voice evokes the romance of an afternoon spent on the Thames and brings the curiouser and curiouser world of Carroll's creation to life.

Redacted from the original blog review at dog eared copy, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland; 07/12/2011

[amcheri-1 · Calificación: 3 de 5 estrellas]

It was fun and bizarre and I'm happy I read it.

[ctpress_1 · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

“We’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.” The Chesire cat to AliceWhat delightful wonderous nonsense. To spend 2 hours and 44 minutes listening to Scarlett Johansson’s joyful narration of "Alice in Wonderland" was like a breeze of fresh air for my overworked brain.“Well! I’ve often seen a cat without a grin… but a grin without a cat! It’s the most curious thing I ever saw in my life!” Is it subversive nonsense? Filled with hidden meanings? Cleverly organised and meticulously metered out nonsense? Maybe…I don’t know - overblown psychoanalytical interpretations kill the wonder of it all - and it’s original intention: The enchanted nonsense of a child’s imagination. As the forever tea party - where Alice ponders:“The Hatter’s remark seemed to have no sort of meaning in it, and yet it was certainly English.”And it’s certainly a “curious dream” I will revisit again and again. Scarlett, we have a date next year for another 2 hours and 44 minutes.

[sasham-1 · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

Its been many years since I last read this and it was better than I remember it being and more nonsensical. I think my memory of the book had been warped by the movies (just a bit crap especially the most recent Johnny Depp one!).

[glennbell_1 · Calificación: 3 de 5 estrellas]

While the story is creative, it is also a lot of nonsense. Albeit is supposed to be a dream, it is rather bizarre. I find it odd that the story has such renown. I mildly recommend this book mainly for the value of being familiar with the story because it is so well known.

[longhorndaniel · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

hard to believe i've never read this but wonderful story

[beammey · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

I once read Alice in Wonderland when I was younger and I thought it was okay. Not amazing, but okay. I reread it now a few years later in this edition and I think it was the illustrations that did it for me. I really enjoyed the story. The pictures brought so much to the story. I would recommend this edition. 5 out of 5 stars.

[virago77 · Calificación: 2 de 5 estrellas]

An Exercise in Insanity

This book was insane. The adventures she had and the creatures she met...It all sounded like what a bad acid trip would be like.

I'm honestly not sure I enjoyed it. This may require a re-read in the future.

[bookomaniac-1 · Calificación: 3 de 5 estrellas]

Alice in Wonderland vertelt het verhaal van de kleine Alice die in slaap sukkelt bij een uitstapje en in haar droom een wit konijn achterna rent door een pijp. Ze komt in een volledig andere wereld terecht en wordt geconfronteerd met de meest vreemde schepsels: eigenaardige dieren en levende kaarten, enzovoort. Allemaal zijn ze druk met zichzelf bezig en niet echt er op uit Alice beter te leren kennen. Die vraagt zichzelf trouwens geregeld af wie ze eigenlijk is. De gekste gebeurtenissen doen zich voor en de gekste teksten worden de lezer voorgeschoteld, tot Alice uiteindelijk weer ontwaakt.Achter de spiegel borduurt voort op dat thema, zelfs in een nog hogere versnelling. Alice geraakt in een spiegel en komt buiten het zichtsveld weer in een vreemde wereld terecht. Vooral de schaakfiguren beheersen hier de zaak. Er zijn andermaal tal van zonderlinge figuren. De dialogen hebben nog meer dubbele bodems dan tevoren. Maar het geheel geeft een zo mogelijk nog verwarder en daardoor ondoorgrondelijker indruk dan het vorige verhaal. Op de duur wordt het - zeker bij een lectuur voor kinderen - gewoon ontoegankelijk. Het einde is vrij abrupt.

[heduanna · Calificación: 3 de 5 estrellas]

After reading The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland, I realized I was long overdue for a look at Alice in Wonderland – and what a short little book! And quite perfect for my level of mental energy the morning after a fever (though I didn't finish it all then). Might have to read Through the Looking-Glass, too. More as background & cultural education than as entertainment, though. It's very light and easy reading, but I didn't really find it terribly engaging or interesting. Then again, I've kinda grown out of the target age-group. Still...

[vwhitt_2 · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

A classic. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is the first installment of this classic story. It’s one of those movies that has been depicted in film for years, and will be interesting for children to read. This curious tale of Alice encourages children to glimpse a new world full of fun and exciting things. Things most would never even think of. It begins when Alice sees a White Rabbit running across the bank wearing a vest and holding a pocket watch. She decides to go on an adventure and follow this rabbit down his hole where she falls for what seems like ages. After growing and shrinking several times, she gets through a small door which leads to a whole different world. This world includes talking animals and cards. On this adventure through Wonderland, Alice comes across many strange circumstances and in trying to be polite gets caught in some people's company that is less than desirable (like the caterpillar, the Duchess, the Pig, the Mock Turtle, and the Red Queen). Alice enjoys exploring the world she entered through the White Rabbit’s hole that is so different from her own. But Alice finds these creature lack manners and sometimes run confusing circles with their conversation. This book is great for introducing children to the fun of poetry (which there is plenty of) and how manners were extremely important to children in 1865. This is a great and interesting read for children both young and old. Details: This novel was written to interest children in grades 3-6 and is on a 5.9 reading level.

[john257hopper · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

This follows largely the same plotline as the unpublished Adventures Underground I have just read, with the welcome additions of the Cheshire cat and the Mad Hatter's tea party. Wonderful stuff, though if pushed I would say that this seems to drag a bit in one or two places (to the extent that such a minor criticism is relevant to literary nonsense) and that Underground is probably a tauter piece of writing. John Tenniel's depiction of Alice in his illustrations here has become iconic, though I thought Carroll's own original illustrations are a little more haunting. 4.5/5

[katherinec032 · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

Timeless, relatable story for many young readers. Fosters and an amazing sense of imagination. Student learn that whenever they face an obstacle they can overcome it. One theme in this book is life being a puzzle. This story is similar to how a child might think. I think it would be a very good book to use in the classroom.

[benuathanasia · Calificación: 2 de 5 estrellas]

Ugh. Alice is ridiculously annoying. I did not enjoy the plot of this, the poetry, the constant repetition of ideas (the shrinking and growing). None of the characters were in any way interesting. I don't understand the universal love of this book.

[tiffanyak_1 · Calificación: 3 de 5 estrellas]

The edition I read was actually an online version with the same illustrations and everything. It is a rather fun book, and is certainly far deeper than the "children's book" that it is depicted to be on its surface. I wouldn't say I loved it, but it was certainly worth finally reading the book behind a story I have heard so much about. The language twists alone made it well worth it, as there is definitely a lot of creativity there.

[gbsallery · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

As a child, I read the stories of Alice in Wonderland (and, later, Through the Looking Glass) with a sense of wonder and amusement. Alice shows that it is possible to engage with a world which makes no sense on her own terms; she is not overwrought at her lack of understanding of the improbable and bizarre happenings around her. She brings reason to bear in narrow, specific cases (such as when arguing with the Red Queen), but is not paralysed by the irrationality of general occurrence. In this, she is like all children - dealing with reality not by knowing, but by exploring and engaging. This sense of innocent inquiry creates great sympathy in the younger reader.As an adult (older, grizzled and perhaps wiser), re-reading these stories once again provokes wonder and amusement - but this time, the wonder is at the ingenuity of the author and the amusement is if anything greater. This shift in reaction is because, as an adult, I know a few things: I know that it is impossible (in general life!) for soldiers to be playing cards, for Cheshire cats to disappear from the tail and for children to shrink and grow at the slightest provocation. Knowing this increases my admiration for Lewis Carroll, as he has constructed a world where the impossible occurs, but not without its own logic.While there is nonsense, there is structure - and the impossibilities have the common feature that they are all things which might occur to an imaginative young child while daydreaming. Thus they are not simply random (which would be nowhere near so satisfying to read), they are linked and interlocked to form a thoroughly pleasing structure. The underlying structure of the poem Jabberwocky has been analysed at length in [Hoftstadter], which elicits further wonder at the interlinked meanings and senses in the work. The amusement, of course, comes from understanding more of the jokes!

[tjsjohanna_1 · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

I had never read the original despite being familiar with multiple movie versions. The narration of the production I listened to was first rate, and there were definitely some humorous bits, but in the end the cleverness wore thin for me. This story is definitely full of originality.

[jechtshot · Calificación: 3 de 5 estrellas]

Alice, a young potentially schizophrenic British lass, is transported to a world of wonder upon following a white rabbit down the rabbit hole. What follows is a disjointed series of events as Alice explores Wonderland, the world of her dreams. Your reaction to this book probably varies based on where you happen to be on life's journey. A small child may view this is to be an amusing story full of talking animals and fantastical situations. Someone a little further on in their years may view this as a handbook of things not to do. For example, if there is a cup on a table with a sign that says "drink me"... don't. If there is a piece of cake next to aforementioned drink with a sign that says "eat me"... don't. Aside from Alice's somewhat poor decision making skills, this is a fun children's classic that everyone should read at least once.

[ccookie_1 · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

First line:~ Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictiures or conversation, 'and what is the use of a book,' thought Alice 'without pictures or conversation?~I found this book intriguing and boring at the same time. I think that I have been contaminated by the movies and television shows so the book seemed too 'plain'. Not enough colour. It is one of the few times that I can say that I enjoyed the movie more than the book; usually it is the other way around.I did find that the change of topics from chapter to chapter was inconsistent but when you see that the whole thing is a dream, well, that is how dreams work isn't it? Not much connection between one thing and another, jumping from scene to scene. If I was going to read this to my children I would choose some kind of a Disney version because I think that the graphics, in this case, add a valuable dimension to the reading experience.I am glad that I read it but it will never be a re-read, unless I have a grand-child!

[aubreycs-1 · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

I read this book but in the 1865 version. It was a great and very enjoyable. It was originally written for the entertainment of children but its wittiness and written points of view attracted adult readers as well. The nonsense in the story allows adult readers to think as a child does as well as thinking outside the box. The story is filled with different characters and personalities, which have been thought to represent the different personalities of Lewis Carroll.

[mrscoleman17 · Calificación: 3 de 5 estrellas]

At first I thought that this was a story that I would love to read to my children. However, after reading this I am not so sure. There were times when I laughed at the child-like humor and then there were times when I was just like what? Some of the logic and the tales told in this story were hard to follow, so I am pretty sure it would be hard for children as well. I do understand the moral behind the story though. If you ever need to take a step back from stressful everyday life then this may be the story for you.

[rrainer-1 · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

Recently reread and remaining one of my best beloved books of all time.

[bereneezypie · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

This book is such a classic, how can you not love it! I think this book should be read to all children at some point in their lives, not just watching the movie.

[aoibhealfae · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

Alice in Wonderland might have been the world most reinterpreted work in every form of living history. While I love the interpretative works like ABC's Once Upon A Time, SyFy's Alice, Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland and such, unfortunately, it's one of my most hated Disney movie of all time despite it is one of a setting of Square-Enix's Kingdom Heart which I used to like playing it.

Alice's Adventure in Wonderland started when the curious Alice who followed a rattled rabbit in waistcoat into a whole that leads to a place where she called Wonderland. She had the most curious response to her environment and tried logically to make sense of her surroundings. She met with countless of creatures of all shapes and sizes. She did however shapeshifted to various shapes and sizes from eating and drinking things in the nonsense world.

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) was a mathematician and to me, it was evident that he uses applied mathematics and probabilities in his plots despite the confusion in story progressions and the deux es machina nature of the book. He added puzzles and contradicting poems and often offering questions and dialogues to an other ignorant audience. In what probably an attempt to elevate himself in a way that no one could comprehend his inner joke that I need The Annotated Alice to make sense what it is. Well, thats what I think....

I would say the most content that you get from the book was from the characters in it. There are also a bulk of poetry and riddles that occupied the book that made the premise sounded like the "Inception" within a story. The bulk of what AiW meaningful were the multitudes of intriguing characters and unpredictable qualities of all of them which are interesting even when you see them being caricatured in every sort of ways. That is why the reinterpretation of the characters are very appealing to me.

From the first chapter, I was surprised that I do feel similarities with myself and Alice in the book. She's curious, she actually contradicted herself like I do all the time. She sees the world as dull and she's attracted to intelligent things that when she's unable to rationalize the things that were happening, she came out with interesting solutions. For the story of a little girl, she's quite intelligent for her age. She is rational and intuitive and fearless. I guess it explained why the Disney interpretation of Alice gave me an unsubtle intense dislike because the animation seemed to fit in the perception of woman and superficial Disney princess in the 50s and not the book. I have taken a liking with the 2010's version but Alice is very similar to the ones in the animation that it came off as bland and dull despite interesting casts.

Had the book came without its attached illustrative etching from Sir John Tenniel, one would have some problem in the settings of the book. I do find Wonderland were up to the interpretation of people who want to view it. And in my mind eyes, unlike the characters residing in it, Wonderland is much less of a vibrant and bleak country like the differences with the romance of the south and the industrialize north of England like the setting of Victorian era's "North and South" novel. In a sense the realism Carroll tried to emulate by refusing to humanize the characters and giving them an anthropomorphic qualities and comical portrayals in the illustrations. However if you think of applied mathematical in a way, what seems illogical to a rational mind is in fact dependent on the perceptions that it would have been logical in irrational beings.

For all it tries to be, Alice in Wonderland may be short but its wealth of questions lingered in millions of readers that made the book in some ways; immortal.

[mihalevich · Calificación: 2 de 5 estrellas]

Title Alice in WonderlandAuthor Lewis Newellillustrator John Tenniel Publisher Book byte DigitalDate 2011Pages 74Short Summary: This book is about Alice she meets a bunny this bunny pulls out a watch and says that he is late and goes down a whole Alice follows and there is a hallway lined with doors. She goes in the doors and finds a garden and she behind to cry when she realizes she cant get to the garden because she cant fit through the door so she finds a bottle that says drink me so she drinks it and she shrinks down to fit then she finds a cake that says eat me and she eats and she grows really tall she still cant get to the garden so she starts crying she shrinks and falls into her pool of tears and this pool becomes a sea. Alice goes on many adventures in this book.Subject and tag headings would be imaginary My Response: I didn't really like this book there is no way any of this can happen this is fantasy the movie to this actually use to give me nightmares when I was younger. I remember I would have dreams where Alice would be big a giant and I would see her coming towards me trying to get me and like step on me and squish me. so yea I did not like the book or the movie for that matter also.

[kassilem · Calificación: 3 de 5 estrellas]

I have this long list of books from BBC of the best literary books to read that I plan on going through. Most of the books on the list are books that I have heard others talking about for years. They are the classics that I feel I must read eventually to know anything about what is being said about them, and have something of my own to comment. This book was on the list. I’ve seen the Disney animation years ago and so that was what I was going off of for expectations. While it had its many differences as movies versus books are bound to have, it was at its core, the same – a little weird. I sort of enjoyed listening o the book but I was left with the feeling I had after watching the movie – what a curious story. Yet maybe the whole idea was about a child’s imagination? I’m not sure. I do know that not much of the book made sense and yet that seemed to be the intent. As said in the summary this is a ‘brilliant use of nonsense’. But the book isn’t very long and while nonsensical, it is still a bit enjoyable.