Through the Looking-Glass

noun

1. a story for children (1871) by Lewis Carroll: the sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

Through the Looking-Glass

1. (1872) The sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland , by Lewis Carroll . In it, Alice passes through a mirror over a fireplace and finds herself once more in an enchanted land, where she meets Tweedledum and Tweedledee , the White Knight, Humpty Dumpty , and other amazing creatures.

Example Sentences

"The Red Queen theory is that species have to keep running just to stay still, like the character in Lewis Carroll's book 'Through the Looking-Glass,'" said lead author James Saulsbury, postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at KU.

From Science Daily

Carroll’s stories so captivated them that they named themselves after his book “Through the Looking-Glass,” the sequel to “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.”

From Seattle Times

His best-selling book is The Annotated Alice, a timeless compendium of footnotes to Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass.

From Literature

She said that collecting can be “an exercise in autobiography” — a way of seeing facets of their own experience refracted through the looking-glass of another’s life.

From New York Times

The following summer, she began a residency at the Stratford Festival playing the lead in a production of “Alice Through the Looking-Glass.”

From New York Times