Looking-Glass Land Alice country | |
View of Looking-Glass Land by John Tenniel | |
View of Looking-Glass Land by Peter Newell | |
| Source | Through the Looking-Glass |
|---|---|
| Creator | Lewis Carroll |
| Genre | Children's book |
| Capital | unknown |
| Language(s) | Looking-Glass language (mirror-image English) |
| Ethnic groups | Whites, Reds |
| Government | Monarchy |
| - King | White King, Red King |
| - Queen | White Queen, Red Queen |
Looking-Glass Land is the setting for Lewis Carroll's 1871 children's novel Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There.
Geography[]
| “ | ... 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, knights, armies, and castles.
Religion[]
Religion is not mentioned by Carroll, but there are bishops in the land, and an entire chapter is devoted to them in the 1895 sequel novel by Anna Matlack Richards, A New Alice in the Old Wonderland.
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[]
- Manguel, Alberto (2000). The Dictionary of Imaginary Places (Newly updated and expanded ed.). San Diego: Harcourt. pp. 382–383. ISBN 0156008726. Unknown parameter
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External link[]
Map of "The Looking-Glass Lands" by Triple Ace Games
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