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Did you read and enjoy Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland books as a child? Or better still, did you have someone read them to you? Perhaps you discovered them as an adult or, forbid the thought, maybe you haven't discovered them at all! Those who have journeyed Through the Looking Glass generally love (or shun) the tales for ....
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.... become landmarks in childrens' literature. What makes these nonsense tales so durable? Aside from the immediate appeal of the characters, their colourful language, and the sometimes hilarious verse ("Twas brillig, and the slithy toves/did gyre and gimble in the wabe:") the narrative works on many levels. There is logical structure, in the relationship of Alice's journey to a game of chess. There are problems of relativity, as in her exchange with the Cheshire Cat: "Would you tell me please, which way I ought to go from here?" "That depends a good deal on ....
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