Alice in Wonderland
Series: Children's Treasury
Publisher: New Orchard
Published: 1990
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781850791485
Copyright date: 1990
Description: This wonderful story of a child's adventures in a make-believe world of topsy-turvy is filled with some of the most imaginative and humorous adventures in children's literature. 

It all starts one summer's day when young Alice falls asleep and dreams she has fallen down a rabbit hole. It is in this Wonderland that she meets some of the famous and zany characters — the White Rabbit, the Mad Hatter, the Queen of Hearts and, of course, the Cheshire Cat and the Mock Turtle. She takes magic and finds herself growing as big as a house, or shrinking to only three inches tall. Full of invention and surprise, Alice in Wonderland is a delightful mixture of fun and fantasy that will amuse children and parents alike. 

Lewis Carroll — whose real name was Charles Dodgson — was born in Daresbury, England in 1832. He was an extremely intelligent child, who made up plays and invented magic tricks to amuse himself. He later went to Oxford University, where he was recognized as an "interesting but erratic genius." He told the story of Alice one summer's day to amuse the daughter of the Dean of Christ Church college. It was published in 1865 and has been a classic childhood story ever since.
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