"All in the golden afternoon..."
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was conceived on 4 July 1862, when Lewis Carroll and Reverend Robinson Duckworth rowed … See more

The main characters in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland are the following:
• Alice
• The White Rabbit
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Carroll wrote multiple poems and songs for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, including:
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The manuscript was illustrated by Carroll who added 37 illustrations—printed in a facsimile edition in 1887. John Tenniel provided 42 wood-engraved illustrations for the published … See more

Alice, a young girl, sits bored by a riverbank and spots a White Rabbit with a pocket watch and waistcoat lamenting that he is late. Surprised, Alice follows him down a rabbit hole, … See more

Symbolism
Carroll's biographer Morton N. Cohen reads Alice as a roman à clef populated with real figures from … See more

Carroll first met Alexander Macmillan, a high-powered London publisher, on 19 October 1863. His firm, Macmillan Publishers, agreed to publish Alice's Adventures in … See more