Curiosities about Alice in Wonderland

Ingrid LemosIzabelle Lima

Maurício Coelho

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The AuthorNAME

Lewis CarrollOCCUPATION

AuthorBIRTH DATE

January 27, 1832DEATH DATEJanuary 14, 1898EDUCATION

Christ Church (Oxford), Rugby School,

Richmond School, YorkshirePLACE OF BIRTHDaresbury, England

PLACE OF DEATHGuildford, England

ORIGINALLYCharles Lutwidge Dodgson

Historical Context In the summer of 1862, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson and another Oxford clergyman went on a trip up the river, in a rowboat, with the three young daughters of the dean of their college – Alice, Lorina, and Edith Liddell. Dodgson told the children a story as they went along. But that afternoon, Alice Liddell requested that he write it down for her.

In 1865, the revised version of Dodgson's story was published, under the pseudonym of Lewis Carroll, as Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

Alice Liddell

Alice's InfluenceAlice in Wonderland is one of the most often-quoted books in English, up there with the Bible and Hamlet.

Alice is a central inspiration for dozens of literary works and movies.– 40 adaptations (TV program and movies);

– Comics books and card games;

– Popular music, classical music and opera;

– Computer and video games;

Alice also had a popular revival in the 1960s and 1970s, when many young people experimented with altered mental states, and Jefferson Airplane's 1967 song "White Rabbit" linked Alice's dreamlike imagery to the drug culture.

6 things you didn't know about Alice in Wonderland

1. Alice’s character was based on a real-life little girl named Alice Liddell;

2. The Dodo is based on Carroll;

3. Queen Victoria, having loved the book, suggested that Carroll dedicate his next book to her.

4. Lewis Carroll suffered from a rare neurological disorder; 

5. The book most people have lied about reading: Alice in Wonderland;

• Alice's Adventures In Wonderland - Lewis Carroll• 1984 - George Orwell• The Lord Of The Rings trilogy - JRR Tolkien• War And Peace - Leo Tolstoy • Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy• The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle• To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee• David Copperfield - Charles Dickens• Crime And Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky• Pride And Prejudice - Jane Austen• Bleak House - Charles Dickens• Harry Potter (series) - JK Rowling• Great Expectations - Charles Dickens• The Diary Of Anne Frank - Anne Frank• Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens• Fifty Shades trilogy - EL James• And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie• The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald• Catch 22 - Joseph Heller• The Catcher In The Rye - JD Salinger

6. There are four books about Alice.• Alice's Adventures Under Ground (original manuscript, 1864);• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865);• Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871);• The Nursery "Alice" (1890).

References

http://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2015/apr/17/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-alice-in-wonderland-lewis-carrollhttp://mentalfloss.com/article/65763/12-absurd-facts-about-alice-wonderland

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