Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Lewis Carroll
- First Published: 1865
- Type of Work: Short fiction
- Type of Plot: Fantasy
- Time of Work: Victorian era
- Setting: The dream world of an imaginative child
- Principal Characters: Alice, The White Rabbit, The Duchess, The Queen of Hearts
- 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)
The Story:
Alice was quietly reading over her sister’s shoulder when she saw a White Rabbit dash across the lawn and disappear into its hole. She jumped up to rush after him and found herself falling down the rabbit hole. At the bottom, she saw the White Rabbit hurrying along a corridor ahead of her and murmuring that he would be late. He disappeared around a corner, leaving Alice standing in front of several locked doors.
On a glass table, she found a tiny golden key that unlocked a little door hidden behind a curtain. The door opened upon a lovely miniature garden,...
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