The Alice stories are among the best and most widely known stories in the world. Through the Looking-Glass, containing the poems "Jabberwocky" and "The Walrus and the Carpenter" and characters like the White Knight and Tweedledum and Tweedledee, have captivated generations of readers. It has also inspired other writers, who have quoted from it, titled their books after phrases in it, and made literary references and allusions to it more frequently than to any other books except Shakespeare's plays and the Bible..