num_pages: 256
description: In 1862 Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, a shy Oxford mathematician with a stammer, created a story about a little girl tumbling down a rabbit hole. Thus began the immortal adventures of Alice, perhaps the most popular heroine in English literature. Countless scholars have tried to define the charm of the Alice books—with those wonderfully eccentric characters the Queen of Hearts, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, the Cheshire Cat, Mock Turtle, the Mad Hatter et al.—by proclaiming that they really comprise a satire on language, a political allegory, a parody of Victorian children’s literature, even a reflection of contemporary ecclesiastical history. Perhaps, as Dodgson might have said, Alice is no more than a dream, a fairy tale about the trials and tribulations of growing up—or down, or all turned round—as seen through the expert eyes of a child.
language: English
title: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
titlecomplete: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
characters: Tweedledum and Tweedledee (Lewis Carroll), The Queen of Hearts (Lewis Carroll), The Dormouse (Lewis Carroll), The Red Queen (Lewis Carroll), The Hatter (Lewis Carroll), The Jabberwock (Lewis Carroll), Humpty Dumpty (Lewis Carroll), The White Rabbit (Lewis Carroll), The White Queen (Lewis Carroll), The Mock Turtle (Lewis Carroll), The White Knight (Lewis Carroll), The Caterpillar (Lewis Carroll), Dinah (Lewis Carroll), The March Hare (Lewis Carroll), The Cheshire Cat (Lewis Carroll), Alice (Lewis Carroll)
genres: Middle Grade, Literature, Young Adult, Childrens, Classics, Adventure, Novels, 19th Century, Fiction, Fantasy
ratings_count: 548316
places: United Kingdom, Wonderland, England
series: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
publisher: Bantam Classics