The Looking-Glass world is the setting for Lewis Carroll's 1871 children's novel Through the Looking-Glass.
| Looking-Glass world | |
|---|---|
| Through the Looking-Glass location | |
 The Looking-Glass world as illustrated by John Tenniel (1872 edition) | |
 The Looking-Glass world as illustrated by Peter Newell (1902 edition) | |
| Created by | Lewis Carroll |
| Genre | Children's book |
| In-universe information | |
| Type | Monarchy |
| Ruler | White King, Red King |
| Ethnic group(s) | Whites, Reds |
| Locations | Looking-Glass House, Garden of Live Flowers, The Old Sheep Shop, Humpty Dumpty's wall |
| Characters | White Knight, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, Humpty Dumpty, White Queen, Red Queen |
| Language(s) | Looking-Glass language (mirror-image English) |
Geography
... and a most curious country it was.
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
In other media
- The Looking-glass world is featured in Once Upon a Time in Wonderland. In this series, the world is known as Wonderland and the Looking-glass world is just a realm within Wonderland, ruled by the Red King and Queen.
See also
References
- Manguel, Alberto; Gianni Guadalupi (2000). The Dictionary of Imaginary Places (Newly updated and expanded ed.). San Diego: Harcourt. pp. 382–383. ISBN 0-15-600872-6.
