by Vanessa Tait · Corvus · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781782396567
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«The Looking Glass House» is the historical novel by Vanessa Tait, published by Corvus in paperback (304 pages, in English).
Vanessa Tait, great-granddaughter of Alice Liddell, fictionalises the origin of Alice in Wonderland: Oxford, 1862. Mary Prickett, a governess, enters the service of the Dean of Christ Church. The Liddell girls see more than she thinks, and Mary notices Charles Dodgson, the professor who on a boat trip begins to tell the story of Alice.
The work was originally published in 2015; this edition is from 2016. It was longlisted for the HWA Debut Crown in 2016.
For readers of Victorian historical fiction and those curious about the real origins of Alice.
