Through the Looking-Glass
Read Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll in German and English, a parallel text graded reader with audio. Available in CEFR levels A2, B1, and B2.
About this book
On a snowy afternoon, a girl named Alice sits by the fire with her kittens and wonders aloud about the room she can see in the mirror over the mantel. Then the glass softens to a bright silvery mist, and she climbs through into it. On the other side the fire is real, the clock wears a grinning face, and the chessmen walk about on their own errands. This is Lewis Carroll's looking-glass world, where a whole country is laid out in squares like a great chessboard, and a girl who begins as a pawn sets out to become a queen.
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Eines war sicher.
One thing was certain.
Das weiße Kätzchen hatte nichts damit zu tun.
The white kitten had nothing to do with it.
Es war ganz allein die Schuld des schwarzen Kätzchens.
It was all the black kitten’s fault.
Die alte Katze wusch dem weißen Kätzchen seit fünfzehn Minuten das Gesicht.
The old cat was washing the white kitten’s face for the last fifteen minutes.
Sie war sehr geduldig.
It was very patient.
Also machte sie keinen Ärger.
So it did not cause any trouble.
So wusch Dinah ihren Kätzchen das Gesicht.
This is how Dinah washed her kittens' faces.
History
- Written by Lewis Carroll in English
- Adapted by Line by Line Publishing in 2026