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

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I read this book because it was one of those books I had never read in my life and felt it was a good idea to become familiar with it. Reading it as an adult, I must admit it did not really capture my attention but I did finish it. I do now know more about the line in the song "One pill makes you larger, Another pill makes you small"...

This may be the only instance where the numerous adaptations outshine the source text. The book is nearly unreadable, unless you are not burdened by human empathy, in which case you will revel in the countless depictions of random violence against animals and thinly veiled drug-induced nonsense disguised as abstract surrealism. Oh, and the author's smug tone, dripping with self-congratulatory wordplay and sociopathic misunderstanding of human nature. A shockingly forgettable tale. Welcome to WonderBland.

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.