Book description
Bored on a hot afternoon, Alice, a bright and inquisitive child,
follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole, and finds herself in
Wonderland, a very odd place indeed. This unique story mixes satire
and puzzles, comedy and anxiety, Mock Turtles and Gryphos to provide
an astute description of the experience of childhood.
Lewis Carroll's beloved and witty story was made into an animated
film by Disney in 1951. It is also the inspiration for Tim Burton's
2010 film where an adult Alice returns to the peculiar world she
discovered as a child. The film features Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham
Carter and Anne Hathaway among a cast of British stars
Lewis Carroll's real name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. He was born
on 27th January 1832 at Daresbury in Cheshire. He studied at Christ
Church, Oxford University and later became a mathematics lecturer there.
He wrote
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
(1865) and
Through the Looking Glass
(1872) for the daughters of the Dean of Christ Church. He was very fond
of puzzles and some readers have found mathematical jokes and codes
hidden in his Alice books. His other works include
Phantasmagoria and
Other Poems
(1869),
The Hunting of the Snark
(1876),
Rhyme? And Reason?
(1882),
The Game of Logic
(1887) and
Sylvie and Bruno
(1889, 1893). Dodgson was also an influential photographer. He died on
14th January 1898.
