Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
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4.0 • 2 Ratings
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- £7.99
Publisher Description
Brought to you by Penguin.
This Penguin Classic is performed by Katie Leung, star of the Harry Potter films. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by Hugh Haughton.
Conjured up one 'golden afternoon' in 1862 to entertain Alice Liddell, the daughter of the dean of Carroll's college, the dream worlds of nonsensical Wonderland and back-to-front Looking-Glass kingdom depict order turned upside-down. Following the white rabbit into his warren, Alice falls into a world where croquet is played with hedgehogs and flamingos, a baby turns into a pig, time runs amok at a the Mad Hatter's tea-party, a chaotic game of chess makes Alice a Queen and the Mock Turtle and Gryphon dance the Lobster Quadrille. But amongst the anarchic humour and sparkling wordplay, unforgettable characters, puzzles and riddles, are poignant moments of nostalgia for a lost childhood. Original and experimental, adapted into countless film and television versions as Alice in Wonderland, the Alice books give readers a window on both child and adult worlds.
Customer Reviews
Could be better
I previewed every single audio book of Alice in Wonderland/ Through the Looking Glass, available from the iTunes Store, each one worse than the last.
I finally settled on this one.
I would award it 5 stars for content, particularly with the interesting introduction but the voice work of said introduction is atrocious, rating no stars at all.
The male voice is expressionless and mechanical and sounds as if it is badly computer generated. I assume it is a real person so he seriously needs to listen to himself.
It is a relief when the actual story read by Katie Leung begins.
8 hours of listening is good value for the cost of the audiobook but the quality of the male voice on the first 5 tracks lets it down.