Through the Looking-Glass
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Chapter 1: Looking-Glass House Chapter 2: The Garden of Live Flowers Chapter 3: Looking-Glass Insects Chapter 4: Tweedledum and Tweedledee Chapter 5: Wool and Water Chapter 6: Humpty Dumpty Chapter 7: The Lion and the Unicorn Chapter 8: "It's My Own Invention" Chapters 9-10: Queen Alice; Shaking Chapters 11-12: Waking; Which Dreamed It?
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Through the Looking-Glass

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Lewis Carroll
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