Lily Wight

Posted in Art, Books, Victoriana | Tagged Alice in Wonderland, Alice Through The Looking Glass, Art, Arts, Illustrations, Images, John Tenniel, Lewis Carroll, Victorian | 9 Comments

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1. on June 15, 2012 at 5:50 am | Reply Claire Cappetta

   Love original pictures like these, bring back so many memories of childhood reading 🙂

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   • on June 15, 2012 at 7:09 pm | Reply Lily Wight

     Hope they didn’t give you nightmares! x

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     • on June 15, 2012 at 7:18 pm | Reply Claire Cappetta

       lol No my own challenges do that! 😉

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2. on June 15, 2012 at 10:12 am | Reply wightrabbit

   I always thought these were rather dark and disturbing for what – I thought, as a child – was a fairy tale. I can now see how right they are for this weird and wonderful story!

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   • on June 15, 2012 at 7:01 pm | Reply Lily Wight

     There are lots of brilliant new interpretations of Alice but I don’t think anything beats Tenniel’s originals. I didn’t like the books when I was little – I thought the talking flowers were mean!
     I only really learned to understand and appreciate Alice as an adult, especially the linguistic games in the text which are inspired and silly.
     I really want a go at playing the spooky Alice Xbox games but I just don’t have the time (and you can never get on the console in my house) x

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3. on June 15, 2012 at 11:13 pm | Reply The Wandering Youth

   I have the book with these original pictures in them. Alice in Wonderland is so inspiring, isn’t it? It weirded me out when I was younger, but I think its fascinating now

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   • on June 16, 2012 at 10:30 am | Reply Lily Wight

     I used to be terrified of the talking flowers! I thought they were very mean to Alice.
     It’s a book I really only learned to appreciate as an adult, especially all the little linguistic tricks and puzzles.
     There is a stop-motion film by Jan Svankmajer which is absolutely pant-wetting! x

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4. on October 17, 2013 at 6:34 pm | Reply http://www.pcdi-cameroon.org/

   Articles like these put the consumer in the driver seat-very important.

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5. on October 30, 2013 at 8:09 pm | Reply Lily Wight

   Alice is spooky whatever age you are. There is a stop-motion version, with stuffed animals, that is utterly pant-wetting.

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