Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Lewis Carroll

Jan 1920 · W.B. Conkey

About this ebook

In the most renowned novel by English author Lewis Carroll, restless young Alice literally stumbles into adventure when she follows the hurried, time-obsessed White Rabbit down a hole and into a fantastical realm where animals are quite verbose, logic is in short supply, and royalty tends to be exceedingly unpleasant. Each playfully engaging chapter presents absurd scenarios involving an unforgettable cast of characters, including the grinning Cheshire Cat and the short-tempered Queen of Hearts, and every stop on Alice's peculiar journey is marked by sharp social satire and wondrously witty wordplay.

Ratings and reviews

"Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?" "That depends a good deal on where you want to get to." "I don't much care where –" "Then it doesn't matter which way you go. -Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. What the hell did I just read? This book was a mess of drug induced writings. I got into it at the beginning and 100 pages of getting small, then big, then small, then big, etc. It left me with anger for this book. Yes, it's a classic, but it wasn't for me at all. It's a book I will never read again... One abusive read is enough for me. I'm giving it a two star simply because of its classic status and because it gripped me on its first 25 pages. I absolutely hated all the characters. Not a magical read at all. 2/5.

Alice in wonderland is a fun trip. It challenges and presents problems that can't be solved by conventional logic. I did think about the rabbit hole a lot;.Where is wonderland? Does it hide in our world or is it in a different place altogether and is the rabbit hole a portal of sorts? The characters are also wild, sometimes unsavory and sometimes comedic. The plot I felt went well but I wasn't quite a fan of the abrupt ending. That's the only reason I give it four stars instead of five.

The book I read Alice's Adventures in Wonderland tells the story of Alice, a young girl who follows the White Rabbit down a rabbit hole. At the bottom, she finds herself in a room with a tiny door and a bottle labeled, drink me. She grows and shrinks depending on what she eats and drinks, and as a small version of herself, finds herself swimming in a pool of tears. Swimming to shore, Alice and some other creatures decide that the best thing to get us dry would be a Caucus-race. Alice continues to chase the White Rabbit and the White Rabbit sends her into his house for his fan and gloves. Once in the house, Alice gets into more trouble with an unlabeled bottle, quickly growing too big to move. The White Rabbit and Bill the Lizard try to get her out, and Alice only escapes by eating some small cakes. She runs into the woods and meets a hookah-smoking Caterpillar, who gives her some advice on ways to grow bigger and smaller. Next, she stops at the house of the Duchess with a pig for a baby; the pig escapes, and Alice asks the Cheshire Cat for help. Directed on to the March Hare's house, Alice takes part in the Mad Tea Party, perhaps the most famous scene in the book. Alice moves on to the Queen's croquet ground, where she encounters the Queen of Hearts and tries to play croquet with a flamingo and a hedgehog. Next, Alice encounters a Mock Turtle and a Gryphon, who tell her the story of the lobster quadrille. The book closes with a trial on the case of the stolen tarts, as the Queen accuses the Knave of Hearts. Alice is accused also, and she scatters the attacking cards, only to find herself awake on the river bank where the book began. I believe this book is a great story to take your mind from the present. The only thing bad about the book that I did not like was that it took the exaggeration of the story to far.

About the author

Lewis Carroll—the pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson—was an English mathematician and writer who remains best known for his imaginative tales of a young girl named Alice and her lively exploits in Wonderland. Carroll excelled at sending up the staid values of Victorian England with wildly strange narratives that featured reality directly at odds with fantasy, resulting in some of the most fascinatingly memorable moments in all of British literature.