Looking-glass world
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The looking-glass world by John Tenniel...
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...and by Peter Newell
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| Creator | Lewis Carroll |
| Genre | Children's book |
| Type | Monarchy |
| Ethnic group(s) | Whites, Reds |
| Language(s) | Looking-Glass language (mirror-image English) |
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| Creator | Lewis Carroll |
| Genre | Children's books |
| Notable locations | Looking-Glass House, Garden of Live Flowers, The Old Sheep Shop, Humpty Dumpty's wall |
| Notable characters | White Knight, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, Humpty Dumpty |
The looking-glass world is the setting for Lewis Carroll's 1871 children's novel Through the Looking-Glass.
Geography
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... and a most curious country it was.
The entire country is divided into squares by a series of little brooks with hedges growing perpendicular to them.
Government
The land is contested by two competing factions, the Reds and the Whites. Each side has its King and Queen, bishops, knights, armies, and castles.
Inhabitants
- Haigha
- Hatta
- Humpty Dumpty
- The Lion and the Unicorn
- Red King
- Red Queen
- The Sheep
- Tweedledum and Tweedledee
- White King
- White Knight
- White Queen
See also
References
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External links
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