Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (Book Analysis)
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (Book Analysis)
Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including fantasy and absurdity. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time.
This clear and detailed 23-page reading guide is structured as follows:
- Biography of Lewis Carroll
- Presentation of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
- Summary of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
- Character study
- The White Rabbit
- The Cheshire Cat
- The March Hare and the Mad Hatter
- The Queen of Hearts
- Analysis of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
- Genesis of the work
- The identity crisis
- The Wondrous and the dream
- Nonsense and games of language
About Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was first published in 1865 and quickly became one of the most famous books to have ever been written. It tells the story of Alice, a young girl who follows a strange rabbit into a rabbit hole. When she does, she is transported to a magical world known as Wonderland.
The novel was so successful that a follow-up to Alice’s adventures was released seven years later, in 1872. Both novels were illustrated by John Tenniel, an English illustrator who is now remembered primarily for his collaboration with Lewis Carroll.
About Lewis Carroll
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, known under the pseudonym of Lewis Carroll, was an English writer, photographer and mathematician who was born in 1832. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is without a doubt his most famous work, but he also had a passion for photography and correspondence – according to a special letter register which he himself devised, Carrol exchanged 98,721 letters. What is more, Carroll was also something of an inventor – he devised a kind of stamp case, a writing tablet which allowed notes to be taken in the dark, and even a number of games, including an early version of the popular game Scrabble. He died of pneumonia in 1898.