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The Wonderland Challenge 2: Alice Through The Looking GlassChapter 12. Which Dreamed It? Alice Through The Looking Glass with 175 readers in aid of Cancer Research UK
Chapter 12 of "Through the Looking-Glass" by Lewis Carroll is titled "Which dreamed it." The last chapter opens with Alice rubbing her eyes and chastising Kitty, the black kitten. Alice is convinced Kitty was with her in the Looking-glass world and decides Kitty was, in fact, the Red Queen. She further decides that Snowdrop, the white kitten, was the White Queen and her cat, Dinah, was Humpty Dumpty. Then she comes to the crucial issue: "who it was that dreamed it all?" This was...2023-12-2204 minThe Wonderland Challenge 2: Alice Through The Looking GlassChapter 11: Waking Alice Through The Looking Glass with 175 readers in aid of Cancer Research UK
Chapter 11 of "Through the Looking-Glass" by Lewis Carroll is titled "Waking." The entire chapter is the continuation of the final sentence in Chapter 10: "—and it really was a kitten, after all."
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Chapter 1 is read by the following voice actor:
Anthony Hewson
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2023-12-2200 minThe Wonderland Challenge 2: Alice Through The Looking GlassChapter 10: Shaking Alice Through The Looking Glass with 175 readers in aid of Cancer Research UK
Chapter 10 of "Through the Looking-Glass" by Lewis Carroll is titled "Shaking." In this two-sentence chapter, Alice lifts the Red Queen off the table and "[shakes] her backward and forward with all her might." As she does so, the Red Queen becomes shorter, fatter, softer, and rounder.
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Chapter 10 is read by the following voice actor:
Anthony Hewson
A huge thank you to all ou...2023-12-2200 minThe Wonderland Challenge 2: Alice Through The Looking GlassChapter 9: Queen Alice Alice Through The Looking Glass with 175 readers in aid of Cancer Research UK
Chapter 9 of "Through the Looking-Glass" by Lewis Carroll is titled "Queen Alice." In this final main chapter, Alice becomes a queen in the chess game and participates in a bizarre, dreamlike trial. The trial involves strange characters, including the White Rabbit, the Mad Hatter, and the Mock Turtle, who present nonsensical evidence and engage in absurd proceedings. The chapter is a culmination of the fantastical and illogical themes that run throughout the book, offering a humorous and satirical commentary on the absurdity of...2023-12-2027 minThe Wonderland Challenge 2: Alice Through The Looking GlassChapter 8. ’It’s My Own Invention’ Alice Through The Looking Glass with 175 readers in aid of Cancer Research UK
Chapter 8 of "Through the Looking-Glass" by Lewis Carroll is titled "It's My Own Invention." In this chapter, Alice finds herself in a garden with a garden of talking flowers. She has a humorous conversation with the Red Queen, who presents her with a riddle and then reveals the answer, which turns out to be a joke about a man with a green wig. The chapter continues to explore the whimsical and illogical nature of Wonderland, as well as Carroll's love for wordplay and...2023-12-1826 minThe Wonderland Challenge 2: Alice Through The Looking GlassChapter 7: The Lion And The Unicorn Alice Through The Looking Glass with 175 readers in aid of Cancer Research UK
Chapter 7 of "Through the Looking-Glass" by Lewis Carroll is titled "The Lion and the Unicorn." In this chapter, Alice encounters a procession of bizarre characters, including the White King, the White Queen, the Lion, and the Unicorn, all of whom are involved in a comical and nonsensical battle. The chapter is a whimsical representation of a conflict between the Lion and the Unicorn for the crown. As with much of Carroll's work, this chapter is filled with wordplay and absurdity, highlighting the absurdity of th...2023-12-1617 minThe Wonderland Challenge 2: Alice Through The Looking GlassChapter 6: Humpty Dumpty Alice Through The Looking Glass with 175 readers in aid of Cancer Research UK
Chapter 6 of "Through the Looking-Glass" by Lewis Carroll is titled "Humpty Dumpty." In this chapter, Alice comes across the famous nursery rhyme character, Humpty Dumpty, who is sitting on a wall. Humpty Dumpty discusses the meaning of words and explains the various ways words can be used to mean different things. He also talks about the concept of "un-birthday" presents and shares his interpretation of the poem "Jabberwocky." The chapter is a playful exploration of language and its flexibility, showcasing Carroll's fascination wit...2023-12-1421 minThe Wonderland Challenge 2: Alice Through The Looking GlassChapter 5: Wool And Water Alice Through The Looking Glass with 175 readers in aid of Cancer Research UK
Chapter 5 of "Through the Looking-Glass" by Lewis Carroll is titled "Wool and Water." In this chapter, Alice finds herself in a shop where she encounters the White Queen, who is wrapped in a shawl made of living wool. The White Queen engages in a series of nonsensical and impossible actions, such as believing in six impossible things before breakfast, and she shares a bizarre conversation with Alice. The chapter is filled with Carroll's trademark wordplay and absurdity, highlighting the dreamlike and surreal nature of Wo...2023-12-1221 minThe Wonderland Challenge 2: Alice Through The Looking GlassChapter 4: Tweedledum And Tweedledee Alice Through The Looking Glass with 175 readers in aid of Cancer Research UK
Chapter 4 of "Through the Looking-Glass" by Lewis Carroll is titled "Tweedledum and Tweedledee." In this chapter, Alice meets two identical-looking, rotund brothers named Tweedledum and Tweedledee. They recite a poem about a walrus and a carpenter and share a story about a battle between two rival factions of red and white knights. Alice finds their logic and reasoning quite absurd, but she enjoys their company and the rhymes they share. The chapter emphasizes the whimsy and nonsense that are characteristic of Carroll's writing in th...2023-12-1021 minThe Wonderland Challenge 2: Alice Through The Looking GlassChapter 3: Looking - Glass Insects Alice Through The Looking Glass with 175 readers in aid of Cancer Research UK
Chapter 3 of "Through the Looking-Glass" by Lewis Carroll is titled "Looking-Glass Insects." In this chapter, Alice enters the garden on the other side of the looking glass and encounters some unusual insect-like creatures. These creatures have a peculiar way of communication; they start by saying the end of their sentences and end by saying the beginning. Alice tries to converse with them, but their backwards speech is quite confusing. The chapter showcases Carroll's whimsical wordplay and introduces readers to the fantastical world on the ot...2023-12-0818 minThe Wonderland Challenge 2: Alice Through The Looking GlassChapter 2: The Garden of Live Flowers Alice Through The Looking Glass with 175 readers in aid of Cancer Research UK
In Chapter 2 of "Alice Through the Looking Glass," titled "The Garden of Live Flowers," Alice continues her exploration of this peculiar world and stumbles upon a garden inhabited by talking, animated flowers. These flowers engage in a lively, but sometimes confusing, conversation with Alice, filled with wordplay and riddles. Amid the curious chatter of these unique blossoms, Alice discovers that the rules of logic and language are once again turned upside down in this fantastical land. The chapter showcases Lewis Carroll's talent for playing wi...2023-12-0619 min
How Do You Say That?!Katie Flamman: The One with Alice Through the Looking GlassIn this episode of “How Do You Say That?!” sponsored by britishvoiceover.co.uk, Katie Flamman joins Sam and Mark to talk about the intricacies of storytelling inside and outside the corporate world, and we showcase the amazing project from Brad Shaw as he produces Lewis Carroll's "Alice Through The Looking Glass" with no less than 175 different voice actors.Our VO question this week is all about the tricks of making a corporate script become a proper story, but without the Once Upon a Time element!Get involved! Have you got a Wildcard suggestion that we sh...2023-11-0332 minThe Wonderland Challenge 2: Alice Through The Looking GlassChapter 1: Looking-Glass House Alice Through The Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll with 175 readers in aid of Cancer Research UK
In Chapter 1 of "Alice Through the Looking Glass," titled "Looking-Glass House," we find Alice entering an alternate world by passing through a giant, enchanted looking glass. This world, unlike her previous adventures in Wonderland, is a land where everything is reversed. Alice encounters the Red Queen, who invites her to become a pawn in a gigantic living chess game. The chapter sets the stage for the chessboard landscape of this strange and whimsical world and introduces the concept of moving forward wh...2023-11-0220 min