

All the world’s citizens are a part of this great game of chess, explains the White Queen, who appoints Alice to be her pawn, and sends her on a magical journey across this strange country. The looking-glass world she enters takes the form of a giant chessboard, the squares divided by green hedges and brooks. Suddenly the glass turns to mist – and Alice passes through it to the other side.

Gazing into a huge mirror above the drawing room mantelpiece, she wonders what the world would look like if everything in it was turned around, like a reflection. A winter’s day, and Alice is feeling thoughtful.
