Looking-Glass world
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| Looking-glass world | |
|---|---|
| 'Through the Looking-Glass' location | |
 The looking-glass world by John Tenniel... | |
 ...and by Peter Newell | |
| Created by | Lewis Carroll |
| Genre | Children's book |
| In-universe information | |
| Type | Monarchy |
| Ethnic group(s) | Whites, Reds |
| Language(s) | Looking-Glass language (mirror-image English) |
| Looking-glass world | |
|---|---|
| 'Through the Looking-Glass' location | |
| Created by | Lewis Carroll |
| Genre | Children's books |
| In-universe information | |
| Locations | Looking-Glass House, Garden of Live Flowers, The Old Sheep Shop, Humpty Dumpty's wall |
| 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
... 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
- Manguel, Alberto; Gianni Guadalupi (2000). The Dictionary of Imaginary Places (Newly updated and expanded ed.). San Diego: Harcourt. pp. 382–383. ISBN 0-15-600872-6.
External links
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