Off with her Head!
Created by Jennifer Kiley
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Posted 01.15.13
off with her head by jennifer kiley © jennifer kiley 2013
Off with her Head!
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“I can’t go back to yesterday because I was a different person then. ” ~ Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland ~
“Begin at the beginning,” the King said, very gravely, “and go on till you come to the end: then stop.” ~ Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland ~
One of my favourite stories! I was surprised when I re-read it recently though at how over wordy it is. I must have been reading it with my editor’s hat on!
Alice and Peter Pan are my two favorite classics. I have to say I always felt a lot like Alice inside of my head tripping over the chaos of life as though I really lived down the rabbit hole. My mother was definitely the Red Queen or the Queen of Hearts or a mix. It’s the non-sense that made it wonderful and ok that you had a life filled with non-sense. You must remember you do think that less is better and you are right in most instances. From what I remember I liked the trippy language. It was like being on drugs without having to ingest any. Do children naturally trip when they read or does Alice In Wonderland cause you to naturally do it? You definitely must have had your editor’s hat on. But to be sure I will have to take a look and let you know how I feel now reading it. There is so much symbolism camaflauged by the nonsense. I think the craziness is what I enjoy most about it. Where did you feel it was wordy? Just curious what to look out for or is it the complete book? I think I have a copy on my Kindle but I’d rather check out the annotated/illustrated version I gave to S awhile back. Will get back to you on this. jk ps. Do you have any particular scenes that are your favorite. Mine are, of course, the Mad Hatter Tea Party and the Caterpillar & his Hookah over-compensating for his intelligence just showing off before he transforms into my favorite creature on the planet besides cats and parrots. jk.
Love the trippy dialogue…that is the strength of the writing, I think. And the inherent symbolism and wisdom. I think some of the narrative is wordy. But, Hey! Who cares? It’s a wonderful story and that was the style in those days.
I do believe you are spot on about the wordiness. Last night before going to sleep, I began reading Alice In Wonderland and I believe she spoke either inside or outside of her head every word and it was written down there on the page. And she was still in the outer room with the fifteen inch door going on about things for she had shrunk already and, of course, the key was on top of the table where she left it. End scene. But it was so marvelous reading every word. S made the same comment as you when I brought the topic up with her: “That it was the way they wrote in those days.” She, also, tried to tell me that the story was not being told from Alice’s perspective. Well, what I read, I felt that it was. I will have to read further to see where Lewis Carroll takes us. It has been a long time since I read cover to cover.