Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is a very good book for all ages. Most people say it is only a children's book but I disagree. This book has imagination and creativity, something a lot of us let go of sometimes without even realizing it.Alice is the main character in this piece. Alice is a very curious child and is wandering around when she trips and falls down a rabbit hole. When Alice comes out of this rabbit hole she no longer knows where she is. The land she has found has many magical creatures and very special people. She meets her best friend The Mad Hatter there and according to him "everyone's mad here". I recommend that you read this thrilling piece of literature and let your imagination explore. The mad hatter will be waiting for you at his tea party. Of course I love Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. Those books get 4 stars from me. I've loved them since I was a kid and will continue to love them for a long while yet.It's the Sylvie and Bruno and other works in this collection that brought my rating down to a 3. I gave Sylvie and Bruno an honest shot (5 chapters) and appreciated the plays on words sprinkled here and there, but when it comes down to it, you have to be in the right frame of mind to appreciate Victorian literature--and Victorian children's literature, at that. I wasn't. It's possible that I didn't like Carroll's choice of narrator. While the Alice books are about a young, imaginative girl (who is also dreaming), these are told from the perspective of an old man who "looking on," and something about an elderly man rhapsodizing on the glories and innocence of childhood set my teeth on edge. Either sentimentality has made him go soft in the brain or life have been steadily going downhill since we were six--and will only get worse.I may try to finish the other stories in this collection someday--perhaps when I am a little more appreciative of the wonders of childhood. Until then, I'll stick with Alice who immortalizes the youth, innocence, and imaginativeness Carroll admired without making her point with a blunt instrument.
While ground-breaking for his time, these stories haven't stood the test of time that well, at least not for me.Both Alice stories are just a string of events with no plot, no story line, no character development etc. Light-hearted and whimsy, yes, but I board with them, chairman of the board. Also, Alice is a brat with British imperialism/subjugation attitudes, running around telling everyone they're doing it wrong because it isn't her way of doing it. hahaSylvie & Bruno was more of the same with word puns befuddling simpleton characters. It's all a case of an author amusing himself at how clever he is. Again, I realize the world hadn't seen anything like this before Mr. Carroll came along and I bow and tip my hat at him for that, but after 150+ years, we've seen all of it and more by now.I'd recommend these stories to children (pre-teens) but any older then that will probably be bored with them.
—dianachip
This is one of my all time favorite books. As a little girl I'd curl up with this book in my room and read about Alice and her adventures. My interest in Alice grew as I aged, and I've enjoyed so many "Wonderland" themed books, movies, games, and art pieces that I had to buy the original text to add to my collection.Started my collection of beautiful hard bound edition books with Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. This book is beautifully bound. Heavy in your hands. Has the original artwork inside, and a fantastic print on the inside cover. Fantastic edition to my library and I can't wait to share it with my grandchildren when I have them.
—Lilio0410
Such a wonderful, classic book. Found it for $8 @ Barnes & Noble. Definitely an uplifter!
—meera
I read Alice's Adventures in wonderland.
—Readistist
love it for no reason.alice...
—AshleyV
