Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass

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Recommended by Eric Weinstein, Larry Doyle, Jean Webb, and 4 others. See all reviews

Ranked #1 in Illusion, Ranked #3 in Puppetry — see more rankings.

In 1862 Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, a shy Oxford mathematician with a stammer, created a story about a little girl tumbling down a rabbit hole. Thus began the immortal adventures of Alice, perhaps the most popular heroine in English literature.

Countless scholars have tried to define the charm of the Alice books--with those wonderfully eccentric characters the Queen of Hearts, Tweedledum, and Tweedledee, the Cheshire Cat, Mock Turtle, the Mad Hatter et al.--by proclaiming that they really comprise a satire on language, a political allegory, a parody of Victorian... more
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Eric Weinstein Managing Director/Thiel Capital[Eric Weinstein recommended this book on Twitter.] (Source)

Larry Doyle You’d have to be a zombie to miss the humour in it – it’s hilarious. Although the book is ancient, the humour feels modern (Source)

Jean Webb An imaginative, clever and fun fantasy story that satirises nineteenth century England at the same time as celebrating academic thinking. (Source)

Peter Worley He just tells a story and then you notice the whole thing is peppered with little problems and things to think about. (Source)

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