Cover of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

fairy tale · 1865

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

by Lewis Carroll

1865 children's novel by Lewis Carroll

  • 1865
  • fairy tale
  • literary nonsense
  • children's fiction
  • children's book

Summary

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is an 1865 English children's novel by Lewis Carroll. It tells the story of a little girl named Alice who falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world of anthropomorphic creatures. It is seen as an example of the literary nonsense genre. The artist John Tenniel provided 42 wood-engraved illustrations for the original edition.

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