Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll is the sequel to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. This time, Alice finds herself in yet another extraordinary world inhabited by living, humanlike chess pieces, familiar characters from children’s games imbued with new missions, and talking flowers that perceive Alice as a plant capable of moving around. Life in the Looking-Glass world is peculiar, to say the least, often unfolding in reverse. Alice faces puzzling demands, impossible tasks, and seemingly unattainable challenges.
Carroll’s work is, in essence, a unique chess game. The Looking-Glass world takes the shape of a giant chessboard, and the story’s events unfold according to the rules of chess. The novella also features witty and original reimaginings of several well-known English poems, adding a playful and creative twist to this literary masterpiece.