Wonderland Revisited and the Games Alice Played There
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Wonderland Revisited and the Games Alice Played There is a novel by Keith Sheppard, written about 1993 and published in 2009 by Evertype of Westport, County Mayo
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In the book, Alice wakes to find that her bed to find it transformed into a boat drifting downstream. She disembarks to meet a number of the inhabitants of Wonderland, some familiar from Carroll's books, and some new: she meets the Red Queen
, the Jack of Diamonds, the Mah-jong Dragons, the Red King
, and the Red King's Gamekeeper, among others.
Her adventures involve playing a variety of games with the denizens of Wonderland. The book takes advantage of a good deal of wordplay, nonsense verse, and is faithful to the style of Carroll's originals.
Westport, County Mayo
Westport is a town in County Mayo, Ireland. It is situated on the west coast at the south-east corner of Clew Bay, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean....
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In the book, Alice wakes to find that her bed to find it transformed into a boat drifting downstream. She disembarks to meet a number of the inhabitants of Wonderland, some familiar from Carroll's books, and some new: she meets the Red Queen
Red Queen (Through the Looking Glass)
The Red Queen is a fictional character in Lewis Carroll's fantasy novella, Through the Looking-Glass.- Overview :With a motif of Through the Looking-Glass being representations of the game of chess, the Red Queen could be viewed as an antagonist in the story as she is the queen for the side...
, the Jack of Diamonds, the Mah-jong Dragons, the Red King
Red King (Through the Looking Glass)
The Red King is a character who appears in Lewis Carroll's fantasy story Through the Looking-Glass. Since the whole story revolves around a game of chess, he is characteristic of the king in such a game in that he has all of the pieces on his side available to perform the work for him; unlike his...
, and the Red King's Gamekeeper, among others.
Her adventures involve playing a variety of games with the denizens of Wonderland. The book takes advantage of a good deal of wordplay, nonsense verse, and is faithful to the style of Carroll's originals.