For all my love of the Alice duology I simply do not get on well with much of the rest of Carroll's writing. The Hunting of the Snark was good, but most of his poetry and other stories were just so dragging I couldn't stay focused at all. Alas, it seems Alice's Adventures really are my favorite of his.

I bought this book just for Alice in Wonderland. It's a must read, and Alice is the backbone of so many songs and other stories.The lines are hilarious...Lewis Carroll is a genious.

This one was difficult for me to rate. While Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass have both always been 5 stars for me, I found the rest of his work boring. I did like a couple of his poems, but overall I was a bit disappointed. For years I have always said that Lewis Carroll was one of my favorite authors and now I’m so sad to discover that that isn’t the truth. However, the Alice books will forever be my favorite books.

I haven't laughed so hard in a long time--not since I first watched Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the scene of the hapless Black Knight. The White Knight in Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There was *just* as hilarious--I laughed loudly and repeatedly at the brave, good-hearted klutz and Alice's conscientious attempts to spare his feelings. I didn't read the entire collection--just Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass, the Hunting of the Snark, and Phantasmagoria. The...

For me, who hasn't read these stories all the way through, I find my imagination stimulated with each short sitting.

This volume will stay with me for my entire life. It was the first "grown-up" book I ever received -- as a gift from a stranger whose name escapes me. Whoever it was, they changed my life. Stepping into Carroll's world opened my mind to the possibilities of the human imagination, the concept of math as art, and interested me in the man behind the genius.

If you're into stuff like this, you can read the full review.Theories Galore: "Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll(Original Review, 1994-08-10)I’ve always interpreted “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” as a (modern) Fairytale.In a way most of modern commercial movies are more like classical fairytales: very elemental stories set in a simplistic moral universe, with stereotypical characters. The movies may seem to be more complex but that is mostly 'effect'. Movies are very good at...

1) Alice's Adventures in Wonderland2) Through the Looking Glass3) Sylvie and Bruno4) Sylvie and Bruno Concluded5) A Tangled Tale6) The Hunting of the Snark7) Phantasmagoria and Other Poems8) Three Sunsets and Other Poems

I'm sorry I just don't get it! None of it makes any sense! I can only relate it to those absolutely horrible dreams you get when you cant wake yourself up, not a pleasant feeling! I didn't understand the Disney animation, live action or the book. I don't get the hype and I don't think it deserves it.

I have very mixed reviews of this one book. Complete collections of Lewis Carroll, and I now understand why Alice in Wonderland, followed by Through the Looking Glass, are his best known works. I suppose I shouldn't say I "completed" this book, because after Sylvie and Bruno I just couldn't take it. Baby talk. I cannot STAND baby talk in real life, and reading it (even coming from a small child), is more than I can take. For example, here's the sort of excerpt that makes me fly on in an angry ra...

What can I say... I'm not the biggest fan of Alice in wonderland, but I wanted to give Carroll a chance. And his knowledge and talent is beyond doubt! But I did not like all the other texts. They're too strange, mathematical and way over the top to understand the true meaning...

This has turned into one of my, "at home" books; I dare you to take it into public. It's like bound spontaneous laughter."Well, now that we have seen each other," said the Unicorn, "if you'll believe in me, I'll believe in you. Is that a bargain?"

Lewis Carroll was a genius.

Complete works books are usually mixed efforts that include masterpieces along filler within the specific tome. In this particular volume, one could say the same, going from the heights of imagination in both Alice's books, to the chore like reading of Sylvie and Bruno, but then again the mood is lifted when that fantasy is concluded with a better story. Next comes the Tangled Tale, which is very illustrative on its riddles, but couldn't be arsed to deal with the archaic anachronistic English me...

ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLANDI read some of the background and history to this book before reading. This was good as it answered some of the questions I would have had. I also read some of the reviews here on Goodreads after reading the book. It could be that some people miss out on the whole idea of the story. It was a tale told to a few girls while out in a boat trip sailing up a river told by Lewis Carroll to keep them amused. Lewis Carroll used characters they knew in the story such as th...

What is the use of a book without pictures or conversations? I agree--especially conversations. And the conversations in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass are some of the most famously fabulous confabulations. (Don't mind me, I just like how that word sounds). These pictures, by illustrator John Tenniel, were very important to Lewis Carroll and his story.It's been many years since I've read these stories, and I am surprised to find them both profound and hilarious. (...

DNFd at 51%Parts 1 & 2: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass = 5 stars!Both of these stories follow Alice's adventures as she falls into non-sensical worlds and tries to find her way back home. The worlds and their characters are bizarre, topsy turvy and brimmed with metaphors: these books were quite the delight! The metaphors and morals were much more profound than I anticipated I enjoyed them so much more than I thought I would. I will definitely reread these numerous...

I thought his best works were his most famous (Alice, Looking Glass). I also liked a lot: Sylvie & Bruno (except where he pontificated), The Hunting of The Snark, and his rant about the New Belfry. Some other works were amusing as well.

I consider the "Alice" books and Carroll's nonsense poems some of the greatest works in the English language. Viewing the full scope of his work in this hefty tome, it's difficult to say everything else reaches the same level, which is why I dock a star. The "Sylvie & Bruno" novels are interesting, more adult versions of his surreal fantasy with overt nods to fairy lore, but they oddly suffer from moralism and sentimentality. His early poetry is strikingly very Victorian and not always bad, just...

This collection of the fantasy novels and poems of Lewis Carroll is a must read for all fans of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and other works by this author. It contains four novels, some short essays, and Carroll's collected poems. This book is a must read classic for all lovers of Carroll's charming works.