An acclaimed
children’s classic depicting the odd, but riveting journeys of the
curious Alice as she explores the surreal world of Wonderland. Written
by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson or better known under his pseudonym Lewis
Caroll, this episodic novel is assembled in twelve chapters each
containing a prominent adventure. The departure from logic and its
embracement of pure imagination is what makes Alice’s Adventures in
Wonderland a model for fantasy novels and a timeless classic.
The novel begins when the self-aware young Alice, who grows bored of
sitting by the river with her sister, and spots a peculiar looking
rabbit, dressed in a waistcoat. She hears the rabbit, which is seemingly
in a hurry, mumbling whilst dangling its pocket watch. Impulsively,
Alice inquisitively rushes after it making her way down a rabbit-hole
which descends to the fantasy realm of Wonderland. Finding herself in an
unknown corridor encircled by doors of all shapes and sizes, Alice is
subject to her first of many bizarre encounters. In order to fit through
a tiny door, which separates her from a beautiful garden, she drinks a
shrinking potion. Unfortunately, she forgets the key to the door on the
normal sized table and faces the beginning of her troubles. In her
pursue of the White Rabbit throughout Wonderland, Alice goes through
immense individual changes and revelations as her perception of reality
is altered. After a sequence of events, Alice discovers the unsettling
features of the strange world as she encounters zany characters
including the White Rabbit, the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter, the Hare
and the intimidating Queen of Hearts.
Caroll’s use of wordplay is another interesting concept in the novel.
Not only does he invent new words and expressions, but he also twists
the meanings of the already existing. Illustrating the purity of
childhood innocence, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland serves as a
playful fairy tale for its youngest readers and a limitless playground
for the imaginative minds of older enthusiasts.
An acclaimed children’s classic depicting the odd, but riveting journeys
of the curious Alice as she explores the surreal world of Wonderland.
Written by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson or better known under his pseudonym
Lewis Caroll, this episodic novel is assembled in twelve chapters each
containing a prominent adventure. The departure from logic and its
embracement of pure imagination is what makes Alice’s Adventures in
Wonderland a model for fantasy novels and a timeless classic.
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