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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is a book by Lewis Carroll.

History

The book was published on July 4, 1865, exactly on the third anniversary of some event in the life of its author.

Namely on July 4, 1862 Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson and Reverend Robinson Duckworth rowed in a boat up the River Thames with three little girls (Liddell girls):

• Lorina Charlotte (aged 13)
• Alice Pleasance (aged 10)
• Edith (aged 8)

The journey had started at Folly Bridge near Oxford, England and ended five miles away in a village of Godstow. During the journey the Reverend Dodgeson made up and told the girls a story. The story later after much more literary work emerged as one of the most famous books in the history of English children's literature.

Contents

• Chapter 1 -- Down the Rabbit-Hole
• Chapter 2 -- The Pool of Tears
• Chapter 3 -- A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale
• Chapter 4 -- The Rabbit Send in a Little Bill
• Chapter 5 -- Advice from a Caterpillar
• Chapter 6 -- Pig and Pepper
• Chapter 7 -- A Mad Tea-Party
• Chapter 8 -- The Queen's Croquet-Ground
• Chapter 9 -- The Mock Turtle's story
• Chapter 10 -- The Lobster-Quadrille
• Chapter 11 -- Who Stole the Tarts?
• Chapter 12 -- Alices's Evidence

The plot

Absurdly enough, a small girl is following a rabbit into a rabbit's hole. She drops down a well entering an dream underworld of the Paradox, the Absurd and the Improbable.

The Characters in order of appearance

• Alice
• The White Rabbit
• The Mouse
• The Duck
• Dodo
• Lory
• The Eaglet
• Bill the Lizard
• The Caterpillar
• The Footman
• The Duchess
• Cheshire Cat
• The March Hare
• The Hatter
• Dormouse
• The King of Hearts
• The Queen of Hearts
• The Knave of Hearts
• Gryphon
• The Mock Turtle

More...

Puns
Games and riddles
Nonsense
Sexual undertones

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