# Through the Looking-Glass — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll.

- [The Chess Game](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_looking_glass_se/chapters/the-chess-game.md): This chapter presents the chess notation for the game that underlies Alice's journey through the Looking-Glass world, mapping her moves from White Pawn to Queen and the corresponding encounters with the Red Queen, Tweedl
- [Epigraph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_looking_glass_se/chapters/epigraph.md): The opening poem dedicates the tale to a child, reflecting on the passage of time, the enduring power of memory, and the magic of storytelling that transcends age and seasons.
- [Through the Looking-Glass](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_looking_glass_se/chapters/through-the-looking-glass.md): Alice, curious about the world beyond her mirror, steps through the looking-glass into a reversed, dreamlike landscape where she encounters talking flowers, a Red Queen who instructs her on the rules of the chessboard la
- [Looking-Glass House](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_looking_glass_se/chapters/i-looking-glass-house.md): Alice scolds her black kitten for mischief, then muses about the world beyond the looking-glass. She passes through the mirror into a reversed room where chess pieces are alive. She helps the White Queen and King, who ca
- [II: The Garden of Live Flowers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_looking_glass_se/chapters/ii-the-garden-of-live-flowers.md): Alice tries to reach a hill but finds the path always leads back to the house. She discovers a garden where flowers can talk, and they criticize her appearance. She meets the Red Queen, who explains the landscape is a gi

> 12 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=through_the_looking_glass_se_57500kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [Looking-Glass Insects](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_looking_glass_se/chapters/iii-looking-glass-insects.md)
- [Tweedledum and Tweedledee](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_looking_glass_se/chapters/iv-tweedledum-and-tweedledee.md)
- [Wool and Water](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_looking_glass_se/chapters/v-wool-and-water.md)
- [Humpty Dumpty](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_looking_glass_se/chapters/vi-humpty-dumpty.md)
- [The Lion and the Unicorn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_looking_glass_se/chapters/vii-the-lion-and-the-unicorn.md)
- [VIII: “It’s My Own Invention”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_looking_glass_se/chapters/viii-it-s-my-own-invention.md)
- [Queen Alice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_looking_glass_se/chapters/ix-queen-alice.md)
- [Shaking](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_looking_glass_se/chapters/x-shaking.md)
- [XI: Waking](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_looking_glass_se/chapters/xi-waking.md)
- [Which Dreamed It?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_looking_glass_se/chapters/xii-which-dreamed-it.md)
- [A Boat Beneath a Sunny Sky](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_looking_glass_se/chapters/a-boat-beneath-a-sunny-sky.md)
- [List of Illustrations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_looking_glass_se/chapters/list-of-illustrations.md)

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