Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Carroll, Lewis
Published: 1897
Type(s): Novels, Young Readers, Fantasy
Source: Wikisource
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About Carroll:
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (January 27, 1832 – January 14, 1898),
better known by the pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author,
mathematician, logician, Anglican clergyman, and photographer.
His most famous writings are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its
sequel Through the Looking-Glass as well as the poems "The Hunting of
the Snark" and "Jabberwocky", all considered to be within the genre of
literary nonsense.
His facility at word play, logic, and fantasy has delighted audiences
ranging from children to the literary elite. But beyond this, his work has
become embedded deeply in modern culture. He has directly influenced
many artists.
There are societies dedicated to the enjoyment and promotion of his
works and the investigation of his life in many parts of the world including
North America, Japan, the United Kingdom, and New Zealand.
His biography has recently come under much question as a result of
what some call the "Carroll Myth."
Source: Wikipedia
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Chapter 1
Down the Rabbit Hole
Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank,
and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book
her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, “and
what
is the use of a book,”
thought Alice, “without pictures or
conversation?”
So she was considering, in her own mind (as well as she could, for the
hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid), whether the pleasure of
making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and pick-
ing the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close
by her.
There was nothing so very