Although the possibilities are quite slim and very scanty, there is always that chance that a few of you have not yet read any of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland books.

The adventures of Alice in a place called Wonderland have been told and retold as well as enacted and re-enacted many times over in a variety of accounting formats such as theatrical plays, feature films and animations. However, I do believe that classics such as Alice in Wonderland should be experienced at least once in the way they were originally intended by their creators.

In the case before us, Carroll intended Alice in Wonderland to be enjoyed by reading the book. Alice in wonderland may be a fairytale but it has got enough substance to sustain and interest adult men and women as well as children of all ages. Furthermore, this tale is appropriate and consistent with just about all the cultures around the world.

So, pick up an Alice in Wonderland book today. The good news is that it’s been around so long that you will easily find it on the shelves of every bookstore in town, in the stacks of every public and school library and catalogs of every online bookseller where you will also find used copies which will prove to be money savers.

But what is Alice in Wonderland all about?

Alice in Wonderland which is actually a shortened version of its full title, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, is a novel that was written by a British author named Charles Lutwidge Dodgson who had it published in 1865 under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll.

Somehow alluding to his own life and the people around him, the author tells about a young girl named Alice who fell into a rabbit’s hole and ended up in a magical world filled with strange anthropomorphic characters such as the White Rabbit, the Mad Hatter, the Queen of Hearts, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the Cheshire Cat, and many others.

The timeless logic and nonsensical as well as idealistic rationale of Wonderland’s inhabitants contribute to its enduring popularity among adults and children. Alice in Wonderland has been categorized by literary experts in the fantasy as well as the literary nonsense genres and it has been dubbed as one of the best examples of both.

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