Oh, read it! I reread both last week while on a car trip, and read much of it to my husband also. It is wonderful--you will love it. I assumed it must be heavily quoted here, but perhaps not.
I had a British linguistics professor in college who was shocked that Americans hadn't all read "Through the Looking Glass", let alone Alice. I don't think I've actually ever read Alice, just seen the cartoon. I get most of the references because I've heard most of them. Isaac Asimov and Stephen Pinker, to name two, like to quote Alice.
Ah, people just don't read Alice anymore. Too bad. It was one of my favorite hand-me-down books when I was a kid. :-) In fact, I think I still have it somewhere on one of my gazillion bookshelves.
Oh, read it! I reread both last week while on a car trip, and read much of it to my husband also. It is wonderful--you will love it. I assumed it must be heavily quoted here, but perhaps not.
I had a British linguistics professor in college who was shocked that Americans hadn't all read "Through the Looking Glass", let alone Alice. I don't think I've actually ever read Alice, just seen the cartoon. I get most of the references because I've heard most of them. Isaac Asimov and Stephen Pinker, to name two, like to quote Alice.
Ah, people just don't read Alice anymore. Too bad. It was one of my favorite hand-me-down books when I was a kid. :-) In fact, I think I still have it somewhere on one of my gazillion bookshelves.
I've incorporated "curiouser and curiouser" into my everyday speech for years, and not one person has ever identified the reference. For shame.
'Curiouser and curiouser!' cried Alice (she was so much surprised, that for the moment she quite forgot how to speak good English)
Towelie you're the worst character ever.
don't forget your towel