Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- Author: Lewis Carroll
- First Published: 1865
- Type of Work: Fantasy
- Genres: Long fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: Girls, Other worlds, Dreams, Mental illness, Cats, England or English people, Kings, queens, or royalty, Imagination, Card games, Size or shape, Animals, Victorian era or Victorianism, Lobsters, Rabbits, Doors, Mushrooms
- Locales: Dreamscape, Godstow, England, Wonderland (mythic)
Few authors have succeeded as well as Lewis Carroll has in writing a children’s fantasy which is as entertaining for adults as it is for the younger readers. Alice’s adventures begin on a drowsy day as she reclines near the bank of a river. Bored by her sister’s company and her unillustrated book, she follows a white rabbit down a hole into an enchanted land of talking animals, uproarious conversation, and outrageous situations.
The plot of Alice’S Adventures in Wonderland is difficult to paraphrase since it consists of loosely connected episodes which transport...
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