Alice In Wonderland: The Basics
Lewis Carroll’s timeless story of the little girl who falls down a rabbit hole was first published in 1865. It was received with wide acclaim at the time – not least from Queen Victoria – and has been enchanting the young and the not-so-young ever since.
What set the
Alice books apart from all other children’s literature of the time is
that they didn’t attempt to give moral instruction to readers –
only to entertain them. Just as the real-life Alice was first
entertained by the tale Carroll made up for her on a riverboat trip one
summer afternoon…
