Through the Looking Glass

Overview & Synopsis

Through the Looking-Glass, and What
Alice Found There is a work of literature by Lewis Carroll. It is the sequel to
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The themes and settings of Through the
Looking-Glass make it a kind of mirror image of Wonderland: the first book
begins outdoors, in the warm month of May uses frequent changes in size as a
plot device, and draws on the imagery of playing cards; the second opens indoors
on a snowy, wintry night exactly six months later, on 4 November uses frequent
changes in time and spatial directions as a plot device, and draws on the
imagery of chess. In it, there are many mirror themes, including opposites, time
running backwards, and so on.