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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Audiobook2 hours

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Written by Lewis Carroll

Narrated by Shannon Parks

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

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This tale, beloved by children and adults everywhere, follows Alice as she falls down a rabbit hole into a fantasy world, where she meets The Mad Hatter, the Ugly Duchess, the Mock Turtle, the Queen of Hearts and the Cheshire Cat-each character more eccentric than the last. Lewis Carroll, the master of sublime nonsense, has created one of the most famous and fantastic novels of all time. He plays with logic in ways that have given the story lasting popularity and not only stirred our imagination but revolutionized literature.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherAscent Audio
Release dateMar 5, 2010
ISBN9781596595576
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Lewis Carroll

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, published Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in 1865 and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, in 1871. Considered a master of the genre of literary nonsense, he is renowned for his ingenious wordplay and sense of logic, and his highly original vision.

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I liked this book. It was different then what i had in my mind it would be. I think I have the Disney version stuck in my head. Which I know is a combination of both this book and Through the looking glass. Overall a good book, if not a little confusing at times. It seems to jump around more then I would like in places, but overall the story was an interesting one.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    It was such a whimsical vacation read. It was funny and crazy and strange and amazing. The world that Lewis Carroll created was so believable despite its obvious absurdity. The characters are interesting despite only brief encounters with some of them. The crazy poetry and songs were literary works of art in and of themselves. The best part of the book was the ability to lose yourself in Wonderland and allow your imagination to run along with Alice on this fantastic adventure. It was a light read with no deep thought required...perfect for summer vacation!
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Alice in Wonderland is a classic book. One day Alice sees rabbit and she runs after it. She follows it down a rabbit hole and she arrives in the Wonderland. Then many exciting things happen. I think this book is read by many people of many ages. This book made me so exciting. This story is one of my favorite books!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Read in Nov. 2013 for the umpteenth time! Amazing. Downloaded for free.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    This is a Spanish edition of "Alice" (ISBN 84-261-0267-0) with illustrations and paintings by Lola Anglada. Anglada's style is strongly reminiscent of the famous Arthur Rackham, complete with Rackham-esque single-color silhouettes that border each page. Her detailed pictures, however, are more "friendly" than Rackham, with fewer lines and (in the case of the color plates) softer, pastel colors. It's a nice edition of the book, but probably none of the best - certainly not a patch on some of the foreign editions I've seen. The best part about it is the cover, which is notably a tighter piece of art, with finer detail than any of the plates inside.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    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.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    The genre of this story is classics.I know this story but I haven't read this story ever.So I enjoyed reading this story.Alice falls down a hole and go to The Wonderland. There are lots of unique character,for example the Caterpillar, the Cheshire Cat and the Mad Hatter and so on.The character of this book is very unique and I like them.This is very interesting story for me.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    ?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.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    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.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    There really is a lot of nonsense in this.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    The classic fantasy story, with wonderful pen and ink drawings by Sir John Tenniel. This is THE reading experience I remember from when I was 10.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This story tells of a girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit hole into a fantasy world.She met lots of strange crature,and taught them lots of interesting things.But shi also learned some things from these people.Maybe you feel that it just belongs to fairy tale,and for children only.However,as a part of young people,i think this story is excellent.I gained much imagination from it,i found the way of making our lives become more meaningful.As a result,you won't miss it if you are the person who love the life.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I rented this book on my kindle, it was very interesting and quite a page turner. I wish I could go to wonderland just for one night and see it all, even though Lewis Carroll uses wonderful imagery.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Having seen the Tim Burton interpretation and the Disney adaptation I really felt like to understand the storylines I would have to read the book.
    Although it's wacky and difficult to follow at parts, the storyline captures the imagination and you become emersed in this 'wonderland' with Alice.
    As I read the ebook version of this, I missed out on the illustrations, but having seen them before I can understand how the story would be enhanced by having them alongside. Overall I would give this 5/5 stars because of the storyline and the insight into this confused young girls mind that really captures your imagination.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Good book. I liked it. Listened to it in one day.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Earlier this year I read a book by Melanie Benjamin entitled Alice I Have Been which dealt with a "behind the scenes" story on Alice, the infamous little girl in this story. To be honest, it traumatized me a little bit and I wasn't sure how I would feel when I re-read Alice in Wonderland in the future... and I'm happy to say that the charm of the story still exists, even after reading some rather disturbing accounts of its author.My memories of Alice in Wonderland are clouded quite a bit by the Disney film - but I have some memories of reading this book as a child and not liking it much. As an adult, I found I enjoyed the book a whole lot more. The puns, the humor and the songs (which used to bore me) came to life and made me laugh and shake my head in amusement. I found similarities in the writing style of Lewis Carrol and L. Frank Baum (especially in the use of puns), as I read both series parallel to one another.I love ending out each year by reading classics, books that I intended to make time for during the year and just couldn't. Alice in Wonderland was a light, easy to read pick during a week that is normally chaotic and with my enjoyment of the book this time around, I might just have to make it a yearly happening.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    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
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I grew up watching the animated Disney version of this story and I thought the book would be exactly like the movie. They are very similar, however I feel the book has political messages that aren't really developed in the movie. Overall, I liked the book and I was entertained even though I saw the movie first.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    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!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I so love this book! I first read it in eighth grade, and I've read it several times since, both on my own and to my children. This was my first time listening to this audio edition. You really can't go wrong with Jim Dale. Even my 4yo and (nearly) 9yo get excited when they find out Dale is narrating one of the audio books we've picked up from the library.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Very nicely read. Enjoyable audiobook.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Only 2 chapters in and I'm already loving it. I can't believe it took me all these years (I'm now 39) to read this. I know the story, of course, I believe from the Disney movie, but the book is delightful. I find myself chuckling at least once a paragraph. It's just silly!
  • Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
    1/5
    Being a big fan of the Disney version of Alice in Wonderland I had high expectations when I picked up this book but I was surprisingly disappointed. I found Alice to be quite the little annoyance. Much more 'childish' than I expected. I also found myself bored of the novel half way through.I understand this is a children's story but the writing was not as I had expected from a novel that is considered a classic. The concept of the story is brilliant beyond words and has the greatest potential to be amazing and yet the writing was flat and at times awkward to read.This is the first novel-turned-movie, that I actually prefer the movie over the actual novel.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I first met Alice and the world of Wonderland through the Disney animated film, but, per usual, the original text is worth revisiting! First published in 1865 and followed by Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There in 1871, this book follows the familiar and unfamiliar adventures of a young girl named Alice. Bored one afternoon, she spots a clothed, talking white rabbit running into a rabbit hole. She quickly follows it and begins her journey into Wonderland. Each chapter presents a new set of characters and challenges -- including the Caterpillar; the March Hare, Mad Hatter, and a Dormouse; an anthropomorphic kingdom of croquet-playing cards; and many others! The book has a decidedly darker and more eccentric tone than the Disney film, providing an excellent example of how children's literature has evolved over the centuries.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Re-read it after many years and didn't find it held up very well. There are spasms of interest: the spaced out caterpillar and mugging Cheshire cat...but long intervals of dullness and doggerel weigh it down. An over-rated classic, redeemed (partially) by scenes of genuine absurdity and excessive silliness.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Excellent story and drawings
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    The most over-rated book of all time in my opinion - in the face of stiff opposition from Pilgrim's Progress and Catcher in the Rye, to name but a few. I was both bored and disturbed by the claustophobic and nightmarish nonsensity of this messy fever dream of ghastly characters. The mad hatter, that terrible queen, all those odd substances saying eat me and drink me, then swimming through the sea of dormouse tears - most off-putting. Mind you, that might have been 'Through the Looking Glass', possibly the only book I hated even more than Wonderland.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    It's a game! It's a mathematical Illustration! It's a satire! It's well illustrated! It's a book that succeeds at practically every angle you come at it from!I loved for the illustrations when I was young, and I loved the Annotated Alice when older. Even though Ms. Liddell's photographs reveal a rather unpleasant looking young person, I'm happy with the written Alice whenever I open it.I feel it should be read by everyone, and it's riddles explored, both the staed ones and the implicit problems.It was originally published in 1865.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Ya, I know it's a children's book. But certain children stories transcend age and have something to say to people of every age. Such is this one. Tightly written the character and plot develop right away, the humour is also quite amusing this story takes a little thinking on what it actually means
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    i must be getting old....did not connect very well with this supposed timeless classic......just kind of strange...but it's ok....i'll be fine.....no longer have to say i never read it!