This time there could be no mistake about it: So she set the little creature down, and felt quite relieved to see it trot away quietly into the wood. The Cat only grinned when it saw Alice. It looked good- natured, she thought: Alice felt that this could not be denied, so she tried another question.
Visit either you like: Alice was not much surprised at this, she was getting so used to queer things happening. While she was looking at the place where it had been, it suddenly appeared again. Alice waited a little, half expecting to see it again, but it did not appear, and after a minute or two she walked on in the direction in which the March Hare was said to live. She had not gone much farther before she came in sight of the house of the March Hare: It was so large a house, that she did not like to go nearer till she had nibbled some more of the lefthand bit of mushroom, and raised herself to about two feet high: There was a table set out under a tree in front of the house, and the March Hare and the Hatter were having tea at it: The table was a large one, but the three were all crowded together at one corner of it: Alice looked all round the table, but there was nothing on it but tea.
He had been looking at Alice for some time with great curiosity, and this was his first speech. The Hatter was the first to break the silence.
The March Hare took the watch and looked at it gloomily: Alice had been looking over his shoulder with some curiosity. Alice felt dreadfully puzzled. Half-past one, time for dinner! The Hatter shook his head mournfully. Off with his head! I vote the young lady tells us a story. The Dormouse slowly opened his eyes. Alice tried to fancy to herself what such an extraordinary ways of living would be like, but it puzzled her too much, so she went on: Alice did not quite know what to say to this: I dare say there may be one.
However, he consented to go on. He moved on as he spoke, and the Dormouse followed him: The Hatter was the only one who got any advantage from the change: Alice did not wish to offend the Dormouse again, so she began very cautiously: Where did they draw the treacle from? This answer so confused poor Alice, that she let the Dormouse go on for some time without interrupting it.
The Dormouse had closed its eyes by this time, and was going off into a doze; but, on being pinched by the Hatter, it woke up again with a little shriek, and went on: This piece of rudeness was more than Alice could bear: Just as she said this, she noticed that one of the trees had a door leading right into it. I think I may as well go in at once. Once more she found herself in the long hall, and close to the little glass table. Then she went to work nibbling at the mushroom she had kept a piece of it in her pocket till she was about a foot high: A large rose-tree stood near the entrance of the garden: Five and Seven said nothing, but looked at Two.
There was a sound of many footsteps, and Alice looked round, eager to see the Queen. First came ten soldiers carrying clubs; these were all shaped like the three gardeners, oblong and flat, with their hands and feet at the corners: After these came the royal children; there were ten of them, and the little dears came jumping merrily along hand in hand, in couples: The three soldiers wandered about for a minute or two, looking for them, and then quietly marched off after the others.
She was walking by the White Rabbit, who was peeping anxiously into her face. Alice gave a little scream of laughter. Alice thought she had never seen such a curious croquet-ground in her life; it was all ridges and furrows; the balls were live hedgehogs, the mallets live flamingoes, and the soldiers had to double themselves up and to stand on their hands and feet, to make the arches.
The chief difficulty Alice found at first was in managing her flamingo: Alice began to feel very uneasy: She was looking about for some way of escape, and wondering whether she could get away without being seen, when she noticed a curious appearance in the air: Alice waited till the eyes appeared, and then nodded. The Cat seemed to think that there was enough of it now in sight, and no more of it appeared.
I wish you would have this cat removed!
Alice had no idea what to do, and in despair she put her hand in her pocket, and pulled out a box of comfits, luckily the salt water had not got into it , and handed them round as prizes. This did not seem to encourage the witness at all: It has been suggested by some writers that The Hatter is a reference to Theophilus Carter , a furniture dealer known in Oxford. Alice was published in , three years after Charles Lutwidge Dodgson and the Reverend Robinson Duckworth rowed in a boat, on 4 July [4] this popular date of the "golden afternoon" [5] might be a confusion or even another Alice-tale, for that particular day was cool, cloudy and rainy [6] , up the Isis with the three young daughters of Henry Liddell the Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University and Dean of Christ Church: This version also featured a " topper " strip, Knurl the Gnome. The chief difficulty Alice found at first was in managing her flamingo: In the very middle of the court was a table, with a large dish of tarts upon it:
The Queen had only one way of settling all difficulties, great or small. She had already heard her sentence three of the players to be executed for having missed their turns, and she did not like the look of things at all, as the game was in such confusion that she never knew whether it was her turn or not. So she went in search of her hedgehog. The hedgehog was engaged in a fight with another hedgehog, which seemed to Alice an excellent opportunity for croqueting one of them with the other: By the time she had caught the flamingo and brought it back, the fight was over, and both the hedgehogs were out of sight: When she got back to the Cheshire Cat, she was surprised to find quite a large crowd collected round it: The moment Alice appeared, she was appealed to by all three to settle the question, and they repeated their arguments to her, though, as they all spoke at once, she found it very hard indeed to make out exactly what they said.
It was this last remark that had made the whole party look so grave and anxious. Alice was very glad to find her in such a pleasant temper, and thought to herself that perhaps it was only the pepper that had made her so savage when they met in the kitchen. I only wish people knew that: She had quite forgotten the Duchess by this time, and was a little startled when she heard her voice close to her ear. Alice did not much like keeping so close to her: However, she did not like to be rude, so she bore it as well as she could.
Shall I try the experiment? Alice looked up, and there stood the Queen in front of them, with her arms folded, frowning like a thunderstorm. They very soon came upon a Gryphon, lying fast asleep in the sun. Alice did not quite like the look of the creature, but on the whole she thought it would be quite as safe to stay with it as to go after that savage Queen: The Gryphon sat up and rubbed its eyes: They had not gone far before they saw the Mock Turtle in the distance, sitting sad and lonely on a little ledge of rock, and, as they came nearer, Alice could hear him sighing as if his heart would break.
She pitied him deeply. So they went up to the Mock Turtle, who looked at them with large eyes full of tears, but said nothing. So they sat down, and nobody spoke for some minutes. The Gryphon lifted up both its paws in surprise. Never heard of uglifying! And the Gryphon never learnt it. He was an old crab, he was.
This was quite a new idea to Alice, and she thought it over a little before she made her next remark. The Mock Turtle sighed deeply, and drew the back of one flapper across his eyes. He looked at Alice, and tried to speak, but for a minute or two sobs choked his voice. At last the Mock Turtle recovered his voice, and, with tears running down his cheeks, he went on again: So they began solemnly dancing round and round Alice, every now and then treading on her toes when they passed too close, and waving their forepaws to mark the time, while the Mock Turtle sang this, very slowly and sadly: So they got thrown out to sea.
So they had to fall a long way. So they got their tails fast in their mouths.
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Alice looked down at them, and considered a little before she gave her answer. So Alice began telling them her adventures from the time when she first saw the White Rabbit. She was a little nervous about it just at first, the two creatures got so close to her, one on each side, and opened their eyes and mouths so very wide, but she gained courage as she went on.
Tell her to begin. Alice said nothing; she had sat down with her face in her hands, wondering if anything would ever happen in a natural way again. Alice did not dare to disobey, though she felt sure it would all come wrong, and she went on in a trembling voice: No accounting for tastes! The King and Queen of Hearts were seated on their throne when they arrived, with a great crowd assembled about them — all sorts of little birds and beasts, as well as the whole pack of cards: In the very middle of the court was a table, with a large dish of tarts upon it: Alice had never been in a court of justice before, but she had read about them in books, and she was quite pleased to find that she knew the name of nearly everything there.
The judge, by the way, was the King; and as he wore his crown over the wig, look at the frontispiece if you want to see how he did it, he did not look at all comfortable, and it was certainly not becoming. The twelve jurors were all writing very busily on slates. One of the jurors had a pencil that squeaked. This of course, Alice could not stand, and she went round the court and got behind him, and very soon found an opportunity of taking it away. She did it so quickly that the poor little juror it was Bill, the Lizard could not make out at all what had become of it; so, after hunting all about for it, he was obliged to write with one finger for the rest of the day; and this was of very little use, as it left no mark on the slate.
On this the White Rabbit blew three blasts on the trumpet, and then unrolled the parchment scroll, and read as follows: The first witness was the Hatter. He came in with a teacup in one hand and a piece of bread-and-butter in the other. The Hatter looked at the March Hare, who had followed him into the court, arm-in-arm with the Dormouse.
Here the Queen put on her spectacles, and began staring at the Hatter, who turned pale and fidgeted. This did not seem to encourage the witness at all: Just at this moment Alice felt a very curious sensation, which puzzled her a good deal until she made out what it was: The miserable Hatter dropped his teacup and bread-and-butter, and went down on one knee.
Here one of the guinea-pigs cheered, and was immediately suppressed by the officers of the court. As that is rather a hard word, I will just explain to you how it was done. They had a large canvas bag, which tied up at the mouth with strings: She carried the pepper-box in her hand, and Alice guessed who it was, even before she got into the court, by the way the people near the door began sneezing all at once. Turn that Dormouse out of court! Off with his whiskers! For some minutes the whole court was in confusion, getting the Dormouse turned out, and, by the time they had settled down again, the cook had disappeared.
It quite makes my forehead ache! Alice looked at the jury-box, and saw that, in her haste, she had put the Lizard in head downwards, and the poor little thing was waving its tail about in a melancholy way, being quite unable to move. As soon as the jury had a little recovered from the shock of being upset, and their slates and pencils had been found and handed back to them, they set to work very diligently to write out a history of the accident, all except the Lizard, who seemed too much overcome to do anything but sit with its mouth open, gazing up into the roof of the court.
They were just beginning to write this down on their slates, when the White Rabbit interrupted: All persons more than a mile high to leave the court. The King turned pale, and shut his note-book hastily. There was a general clapping of hands at this: The Knave shook his head sadly. Which he certainly did not , being made entirely of cardboard. The unfortunate little Bill had left off writing on his slate with one finger, as he found it made no mark; but he now hastily began again, using the ink, that was trickling down his face, as long as it lasted. There was a dead silence. At this the whole pack rose up into the air, and came flying down upon her: But her sister sat still just as she left her, leaning her head on her hand, watching the setting sun, and thinking of little Alice and all her wonderful Adventures, till she too began dreaming after a fashion, and this was her dream: Lastly, she pictured to herself how this same little sister of hers would, in the after-time, be herself a grown woman; and how she would keep, through all her riper years, the simple and loving heart of her childhood: This web edition published by eBooks Adelaide.
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I will prosecute you. Chapter V Advice from a Caterpillar. Do you think I can listen all day to such stuff? Chapter VI Pig and Pepper. He only does it to annoy, Because he knows it teases. Chapter X The Lobster Quadrille. See how eagerly the lobsters and the turtles all advance! They are waiting on the shingle — will you come and join the dance? Would not, could not, would not, could not, would not join the dance. Would not, could not, would not, could not, could not join the dance.
When the pie was all finished, the Owl, as a boon, Was kindly permitted to pocket the spoon: Who for such dainties would not stoop? Soup of the evening, beautiful Soup! Beau — ootiful Soo — oop! Soo — oop of the e — e — evening, Beautiful, beautiful Soup! Who cares for fish, Game, or any other dish?
Who would not give all else for two Pennyworth only of beautiful Soup? Pennyworth only of beautiful Soup? The Knave of Hearts, he stole those tarts, And took them quite away! She gave me a good character, But said I could not swim. He sent them word I had not gone We know it to be true: If she should push the matter on, What would become of you? I gave her one, they gave him two, You gave us three or more; They all returned from him to you, Though they were mine before. If I or she should chance to be Involved in this affair, He trusts to you to set them free, Exactly as we were.
My notion was that you had been Before she had this fit An obstacle that came between Him, and ourselves, and it. This web edition published by: The Mock Turtle speaks of a Drawling-master, "an old conger eel", who came once a week to teach "Drawling, Stretching, and Fainting in Coils". This is a reference to the art critic John Ruskin , who came once a week to the Liddell house to teach the children drawing , sketching , and painting in oils.
The children did, in fact, learn well; Alice Liddell, for one, produced a number of skilful watercolours. The Mock Turtle also sings "Turtle Soup". Most of the book's adventures may have been based on and influenced by people, situations and buildings in Oxford and at Christ Church, e. A carving of a griffon and rabbit, as seen in Ripon Cathedral , where Carroll's father was a canon, may have provided inspiration for the tale. Since Carroll was a mathematician at Christ Church , it has been suggested [23] [24] that there are many references and mathematical concepts in both this story and Through the Looking-Glass ; examples include:.
Literary scholar Melanie Bayley asserted in the magazine New Scientist that Dodgson wrote Alice in Wonderland in its final form as a scathing satire on new modern mathematics that were emerging in the midth century. It has been suggested by several people, including Martin Gardner and Selwyn Goodacre, [23] that Dodgson had an interest in the French language, choosing to make references and puns about it in the story. It is most likely that these are references to French lessons—a common feature of a Victorian middle-class girl's upbringing.
For example, in the second chapter Alice posits that the mouse may be French. She therefore chooses to speak the first sentence of her French lesson-book to it: Pat's "Digging for apples" could be a cross-language pun , as pomme de terre literally; "apple of the earth" means potato and pomme means apple. In the second chapter, Alice initially addresses the mouse as "O Mouse", based on her memory of the noun declensions "in her brother's Latin Grammar , 'A mouse — of a mouse — to a mouse — a mouse — O mouse!
The sixth case, mure ablative is absent from Alice's recitation. In the eighth chapter, three cards are painting the roses on a rose tree red, because they had accidentally planted a white-rose tree that The Queen of Hearts hates. Red roses symbolised the English House of Lancaster , while white roses were the symbol for their rival House of York.
This scene is an allusion to the Wars of the Roses. While the book has remained in print and continually inspires new adaptations, the cultural material that it references has become largely specialized knowledge. Dr Leon Coward asserts the book 'suffers' from "readings which reflect today's fascination with postmodernism and psychology, rather than delving into an historically informed interpretation," and speculates that this has been partly driven by audiences encountering the narrative through a 'second-hand' source, explaining "our impressions of the original text are based on a multiplicity of reinterpretations.
We don't necessarily realise we're missing anything in understanding the original product, because we're usually never dealing with the original product. Carina Garland notes how the world is "expressed via representations of food and appetite", naming Alice's frequent desire for consumption of both food and words , her 'Curious Appetites'.
After the riddle "Why is a raven like a writing-desk? Nina Auerbach discusses how the novel revolves around eating and drinking which "motivates much of her [Alice's] behaviour", for the story is essentially about things "entering and leaving her mouth". The manuscript was illustrated by Dodgson himself who added 37 illustrations—printed in a facsimile edition in The first print run was destroyed or sold to America [32] at Carroll's request because he was dissatisfied with the quality. The book was reprinted and published in John Tenniel 's illustrations of Alice do not portray the real Alice Liddell , who had dark hair and a short fringe.
Alice has provided a challenge for other illustrators, including those of by Charles Pears and the full series of colour plates and line-drawings by Harry Rountree published in the inter-War Children's Press Glasgow edition. Other significant illustrators include: The book Alice in Wonderland failed to be named in an poll of the most popular children's stories. Generally it received poor reviews with reviewers giving more credit to Tenniel's illustrations than to Carroll's story. At the release of Through the Looking-Glass , the first Alice tale gained in popularity and by the end of the 19th century Sir Walter Besant wrote that Alice in Wonderland "was a book of that extremely rare kind which will belong to all the generations to come until the language becomes obsolete".
The first print run of 2, was held back because Tenniel objected to the print quality. The text blocks of the original edition were removed from the binding and sold with Dodgson's permission to the New York publishing house of D. The binding for the Appleton Alice was virtually identical to the Macmillan Alice , except for the publisher's name at the foot of the spine.
The title page of the Appleton Alice was an insert cancelling the original Macmillan title page of , and bearing the New York publisher's imprint and the date The entire print run sold out quickly. Alice was a publishing sensation, beloved by children and adults alike. Among its first avid readers were Queen Victoria [35] and the young Oscar Wilde.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland has been translated into at least 97 languages, [37] or as many as languages. The book is commonly referred to by the abbreviated title Alice in Wonderland , which has been popularised by the numerous stage, film and television adaptations of the story produced over the years.
The following list is a timeline of major publication events related to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland:. The book has inspired numerous film and television adaptations which have multiplied as the original work is now in the public domain in all jurisdictions. The following list is of direct adaptations of Adventures in Wonderland sometimes merging it with Through the Looking-Glass , not other sequels or works otherwise inspired by the works such as Tim Burton 's film Alice in Wonderland:.
Alice in Wonderland was a comic strip adaptation drawn by Edward D. Kuekes and written by Olive Ray Scott. This version also featured a " topper " strip, Knurl the Gnome. The strip was distributed by United Feature Syndicate. The first full major production of 'Alice' books during Carroll's lifetime was Alice in Wonderland , a musical play by H. As the book and its sequel are Carroll's most widely recognised works, they have also inspired numerous live performances, including plays, operas, ballets, and traditional English pantomimes. These works range from fairly faithful adaptations to those that use the story as a basis for new works.
This adaptation is not faithful to the books, but rather explores Alice's journey into adulthood while incorporating allusions to the history of Czech Republic. Over the years, many notable people in the performing arts have been involved in Alice productions. Actress Eva Le Gallienne famously adapted both Alice books for the stage in ; this production has been revived in New York in and Elizabeth Swados wrote the book, lyrics, and music.
Performed on a bare stage with the actors in modern dress, the play is a loose adaptation, with song styles ranging the globe. A community theater production of Alice was Olivia de Havilland 's first foray onto the stage. Similarly, the operatic production Alice used both Alice books as its inspiration. Although the original production in Hamburg , Germany, received only a small audience, Tom Waits released the songs as the album Alice in A musical adaption was written by Michael Sirotta and Heather M.
Dominick in , titled Alice in Wonderland, a Musical Adventure. The ballet was based on the novel Wheeldon grew up reading as a child and is generally faithful to the original story, although some critics claimed it may have been too faithful. The ballet returned to the Royal Opera House in Alice and the rest of Wonderland continue to inspire or influence many other works of art to this day, sometimes indirectly via the Disney movie , for example. References, homages, reworkings and derivative works can be found in many works of literature, film, theatre, visual art, music, and games.
The character of the plucky, yet proper, Alice has proven immensely popular and inspired similar heroines in literature and pop culture, many also named Alice in homage. The cover illustration, by E. Alice in wonderland by Gertrude A. An illustration by Karl Beutel. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For other uses, see Alice in Wonderland disambiguation. List of minor characters in the Alice series. This list needs additional citations for verification.
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