An edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865)

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An edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865)

Alice's Adventures Underground

  • 4.0 (181 ratings) ·
  • 1,206 Want to read
  • 87 Currently reading
  • 254 Have read

This is the handwritten book that Carroll wrote for private use before being urged to develop it later into Alice in Wonderland. It was generously illustrated by Carrol and meant to entertain his family and friends. When a sick child in a hospital enjoyed it so much, the mother wrote him saying it had distracted her for a bit from her pain and led eventually to Carroll expanding the story. The Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson and the Reverend Robinson Duckworth rowed in a boat, on 4 July 1862, up the Isis with the three young daughters of Henry Liddell, (the Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University and Dean of Christ Church) : Lorina Charlotte Liddell (aged 13, born 1849); Alice Pleasance Liddell (aged 10, born 1852); Edith Mary Liddell (aged 8, born 1853). The journey began at Folly Bridge near Oxford and ended five miles away in the village of Godstow. During the trip the Reverend Dodgson told the girls a story that featured a bored little girl named Alice who goes looking for an adventure. The girls loved it, and Alice Liddell asked Dodgson to write it down for her. He began writing the manuscript of the story the next day, although that earliest version no longer exists. The girls and Dodgson took another boat trip a month later when he elaborated the plot to the story of Alice, and in November he began working on the manuscript in earnest. To add the finishing touches he researched natural history for the animals presented in the book, and then had the book examined by other children—particularly the MacDonald children. He added his own illustrations but approached John Tenniel to illustrate the book for publication, telling him that the story had been well liked by children. On 26 November 1864 he gave Alice the handwritten manuscript of Alice's Adventures Under Ground, with illustrations by Dodgson himself, dedicating it as "A Christmas Gift to a Dear Child in Memory of a Summer's Day". Some, including Martin Gardner, speculate there was an earlier version that was destroyed later by Dodgson when he printed a more elaborate copy by hand. (Summary by Wikipedia and Phil Chenevert)

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Cover of: Aventures d'Alice au pays des merveilles
Aventures d'Alice au pays des merveilles
2017-08-30, Project Gutenberg
eBook in French
Cover of: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
2014, Standard Ebooks
ebook in English
Cover of: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
2013-07-25, LibriVox
Digital Audio in English - (abridged, version 3)
Cover of: Alice's Adventures Underground
Alice's Adventures Underground
2012-03-02, LibriVox
Digital Audio in English
Cover of: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
2011-02-21, LibriVox
Digital Audio in English - Dramatic Reading
Cover of: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: ふしぎの国のアリス
2011, Shūeisha
paperback in Japanese
Cover of: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
2010-05-03, LibriVox
Digital Audio in English - (version 4)
Cover of: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
2010-03-18, LibriVox
Digital Audio in English - (version 2)
Cover of: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
2009 05 19, Project Gutenberg
eBook in English
Cover of: La Aventuroj de Alicio en Mirlando
La Aventuroj de Alicio en Mirlando
2009-12-30, LibriVox
Digital Audio in Esperanto
Cover of: Le avventure d'Alice nel paese delle meraviglie
Le avventure d'Alice nel paese delle meraviglie
2009-03-20, Project Gutenberg
ebook in Italian - EBook-No. 28371
Cover of: Alice's Abenteuer im Wunderland
Alice's Abenteuer im Wunderland
2009-11-23, LibriVox
Digital Audio in German
Cover of: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
2008 06 27, Project Gutenberg
eBook in English - THE MILLENNIUM FULCRUM EDITION 3.0
Cover of: Alice's Abenteuer im Wunderland
Alice's Abenteuer im Wunderland
2007-02-28, Project Gutenberg
eBook in German
Cover of: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
2007-11-07, LibriVox
Digital Audio in English - (version 3)
Cover of: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (abridged)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (abridged)
2007-05-18, LibriVox
Digital Audio in English
Cover of: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
2006-08-12, Project Gutenberg
eBook in English
Cover of: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
2006, Brimax
hardcover in English
Cover of: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
2006 08 12, Project Gutenberg
e-book in English
Cover of: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
2006-01-12, LibriVox
Digital Audio in English
Cover of: La Aventuroj de Alicio en Mirlando
La Aventuroj de Alicio en Mirlando
2006-01-09, Project Gutenberg
eBook in Esperanto
Cover of: Alice's Adventures Under Ground
Cover of: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
1997-05, Project Gutenberg
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Cover of: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
1966-12, Scholastic Book Services
paperback in English - 1st printing
Cover of: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
1928, John Lane the Bodley Head Ltd
hardcover in English - reprint
Cover of: Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland
xxxx, Scholastic Book Services
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Cover of: Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland
xxxx, [publisher not identified]
in English
Cover of: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
xxxx, W. Foulsham & Co., Ltd
hardcover in English
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Alice's Adventures In Wonderland
xxx, Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd
hardcover in English
Cover of: Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland
xxxx, P. R. Gawthorn Ltd
hardcover in English
Cover of: Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland
xxxx, W. Foulsham & Co., Ltd
hardcover in English

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OL32640145M
Internet Archive
alice_underground_pc_librivox
LibriVox
6363
Goodreads
58352464

Work Description

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (commonly Alice in Wonderland) is an 1865 English children's novel by Lewis Carroll. A young girl named Alice falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world of anthropomorphic creatures. It is seen as an example of the literary nonsense genre.

One of the best-known works of Victorian literature, its narrative, structure, characters and imagery have had huge influence on popular culture and literature, especially in the fantasy genre.

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Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do.
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Pace 1 Meandering 100% Enjoyability 2 Engaging 50% Exciting 50% Clarity 2 Clearly written 33% Effective explanations 33% Dense 33% Difficulty 2 Beginner 50% Juvenile 50% Breadth 1 Comprehensive 100% Genres 2 Fantasy 100% Mood 3 Suspenseful 27% Whimsical 18% Strange 18% Cheerful 9% Tense 9% Hopeful 9% Mysterious 9% Impressions 2 Best in class 33% Recommend 33% Quotable 33% Length 1 Medium 100% Credibility 1 Misleading 100% Features 1 Illustrations 50% Chapters 50% Content Warnings 2 Adult themes 66% Trigger warnings 33% Style 1 Olde 100% Purpose 3 Entertainment 100%

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