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Looking glass world

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Created by
  
Lewis Carroll

Type
  
Monarchy

Ethnic group(s)
  
Whites, Reds

Genre
  
Children's book

Ruler
  
White King, Red King

Looking-glass world

Notable locations
  
Looking-Glass House, Garden of Live Flowers, The Old Sheep Shop, Humpty Dumpty's wall

The looking-glass world is the setting for Lewis Carroll's 1871 children's novel Through the Looking-Glass.

Contents

Geography

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
  • References

    Looking-glass world Wikipedia