by Lewis Carroll (Author)
In 1862 Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, a shy Oxford mathematician with a stammer, created a story about a little girl tumbling down a rabbit hole. Thus began the immortal adventures of Alice, perhaps the most popular heroine in English literature. Countless scholars have tried to define the charm of the Alice books-with those wonderfully eccentric characters the Queen of Hearts, Tweedledum, and Tweedledee, the Cheshire Cat, Mock Turtle, the Mad Hatter et al.-by proclaiming that they really comprise a satire on language, a political allegory, a parody of Victorian children's literature, even a reflection of contemporary ecclesiastical history. Perhaps, as Dodgson might have said, Alice is no more than a dream, a fairy tale about the trials and tribulations of growing up-or down, or all turned round-as seen through the expert eyes of a child.
Number of Pages: 224
Dimensions: 0.47 x 9.61 x 6.69 IN
Publication Date: April 11, 2014
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass/Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Loo
Interest Level: Middle Grades, 4-8
Reading Level: 7.8
Point Value: 10
