Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

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Re: Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

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As a child, the Jabberwocky frightened me. I loved the Cheshire cat, however, he also seemed so wise and kind. I could never quite figure out why the Jabberwocky was to scary. The characters initially seem delightful and fantastic but as you grow up you realize it's not all that delightful. I also learned many years after I first read it that Lewis Carrol was also a logician and, I think a pastor or a chaplain. I had and may still have one of his books on logic that I haven't read. The book is somewhat frightening from a psychological/scientific perspective: the mad hatter, according to popular belief, was actually mad due to mercury poisoning which came from using mercury to process felt for hats. Whether or not that's true, I can't really say for sure. But, as a children's book, quite delightful.
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The classic centipede question: Who are you?
What do you think it was about?
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First book I ever read...although fantasy and lot of poetry in involved was able to grab my interest I was seven years old the first time
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I loved this book. I also never read it as a child but as an adult and I just love the word use and the language that Carroll uses. I actually went back and read this after reading the Jabberwocky, and I love the way the two fit together.
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I read Alice in the wonderland as an adult, but its magic did not fail to captivate me. What I love most about the book is the seemingly carefree nature of the book with its underlying deeper theme
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Of everything fantastic — and fantastical — about Alice in Wonderland, I think the most incredible thing about it is how it reaches so many due to the infinite ways it can be interpreted. Some think it was just one long drug hallucination, some think it was cleverly-disguised political commentary, to some it’s an innocent story of the wonders a young girl’s imagination can conjure, for some it’s an allegory on childhood maturation, etc. It’s the quintessential story for all ages and backgrounds!
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Love the book and read it multiple times throughout many years as a child and an adult. A beautiful story that captures your attention and makes it hard to stop reading. Interestingly I kept discovering new things for myself every time I would read it again. Probably you get to pay attention to some details of the story as time goes on and you get older. Magical book.
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I love the way that Lewis Carroll created such an intricate world that you can get lost in. The fact that you can imagine what it looks like in any way you want and the mixture of all of the different mythical or odd characters have inspired so many minds for 2 centuries. It delights both children and adults to this day and I cannot get enough of it.
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Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland  is written in the view of a child. It makes the readers curious and keep the readers attached to the book.
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Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland  is written in the view of a child. Therefore, the book couls be recommended for children to read.
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I always love to experience the joy of wonder and I love the adventure stories like Alice in wonder land. As a grown up, I enjoy this like books. Alice and her friends in wonder world always make me curious.
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I love the book. I have a pop-up version and my 4-year-old loves it. The imagery is really something else!!
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Isn't his mind just filled with whimsy? Between Carroll and L. Frank Baum (Wizard of Oz) I am absolutely enamored by the detailed and fantastical worlds they were able to create. Have any of you ever seen the special edition Salvador Dali Alice in Wonderland print? I have it and it fits perfectly with the story.
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I've always loved the movies, and I recently read the book Heartless by Marissa Meyer (a re-telling of the same kingdom). The author made a lot of references to it and I think I'd like to read the original book. I used to think it was for children but I think I was wrong..
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We had a small chapter of the book in our textbook and we believed that the story was only that long. It was later that we were introduced to the full book of that enjoyable chapter.
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