What is Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?
{{italic title}} {{nosources|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox book | name = Alice's Adventures<br/>in Wonderland | image = AlicesAdventuresInWonderlandTitlePage.jpg | caption = Title page of the original edition (1865) | author = [[Lewis Carroll]] | illustrator = [[John Tenniel]] | country = [[United Kingdom]] | language = English | genre = [[Children's literature]] | publisher = [[Macmillan Publishers]] | release_date = 26 November 1865 | followed_by = [[Through the Looking-Glass]] }} [[File:Alice par John Tenniel 25.png|thumb|right|230px|Alice at the Mad Hatter's tea party, by John Tenniel]] [[File:Alice Liddell.jpg|thumb|right|230px|The real Alice Liddell, photographed by Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll)]] '''''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''''' by [[Lewis Carroll]] is an 1865 childrens’ story written by [[Charles Dodgson]] and illustrated by [[John Tenniel]]. Dodgson used Lewis Carroll as a [[pen name]] when writing [[poetry]] and [[fiction]]. The story is more well known as Alice in Wonderland and is the basis for many adaptations in films, art and music. One of the very commonly used phrases today - “down the rabbit hole” - comes from the beginning of the story. Alice is a young girl who, while falling asleep outside on a golden afternoon, sees a white rabbit and follows it into a rabbit hole. When she falls down the rabbit hole, she begins her fantastical adventures in Wonderland. Her adventures include distortions of time and proportion. Throughout the story she shrinks and grows repeatedly as she meets characters of all kinds and sizes, including the iconic [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caterpillar_(Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonderland) Caterpillar] who asks “Who are you?” and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheshire_Cat Cheshire Cat] who asks her “Where do you want to go?” ==Characters== * [[Alice (character)|Alice]] (main character) * The White Rabbit (always in a hurry) * [[Dodo]] (stupid bird) * Caterpillar (VERY wise and old) * The Duch