Alice in Wonderland

By Lewis Carroll

Book Id: WPLBN0000443556
Format Type: PDF eBook:
File Size: 2.85 MB
Reproduction Date: 1916

Title:	Alice in Wonderland
Author:	Lewis Carroll
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Language:	English
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Collections:	Children's Literature Collection
Historic Publication Date:	1916
Publisher:	Digitizer


Citation APA MLA Chicago Carroll, B. L. (1916). Alice in Wonderland. Retrieved from https://central.gutenberg.cc/

Description
Alice is about to pick daisies when a white rabbit approaches her, but this rabbit is not like any other rabbit she has seen. Her curious nature forces her to follow the rabbit for a wonderful adventure.

Summary
Lewis Carroll's story, first published in 1865 as Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (this is a 1916 edition), begins on a drowsy summer afternoon when Alice sees a White Rabbit with a pocket watch hurry past and follows it down a rabbit-hole. In Wonderland she grows and shrinks by eating and drinking, swims in a pool of her own tears, and meets a gallery of unforgettable characters: the hookah-smoking Caterpillar, the Duchess and her peppery Cook, the grinning Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter and the March Hare at their never-ending tea party, and the furious Queen of Hearts with her cry of "Off with their heads!" The adventure ends in a chaotic trial over some stolen tarts, until Alice wakes on the riverbank to find it was all a dream. Written by the Oxford mathematician Charles Lutwidge Dodgson for young Alice Liddell, the book delighted children with its nonsense verse, puns and games of logic, and it remains one of the most influential works of fantasy ever written.

Excerpt
Summary (520) written with AI assistance by the National Public Library on 2026-09-27 from the title, author and published reference sources; it is not taken from the text of this edition. Earlier 520 note: Digitizer.