Lewis Carroll's 1865 fiction follows young Alice as she tumbles down a rabbit hole into a surreal world of peculiar characters and nonsensical logic. This beloved 19th-century tale blends whimsical adventure with clever wordplay and mathematical puzzles that have captivated readers across generations.
Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, “and what is the use of a book,” thought Alice “without pictures or conversations?” So she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could, for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid), whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her. There was nothing so _very_ remarkable in that; nor did Alice think it so _very_ much out of the way to hear the Rabbit say to itself, “Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!” (when she thought it over afterwards, it occurred to her that she ought to have wondered at this, but at the time it all seemed quite n…Continue reading →
A Victorian mathematician and photographer who transformed children's literature forever, this Oxford don (1832-1898) created whimsical worlds filled with talking animals, nonsense verse, and logical puzzles. His imaginative tales revolutionized storytelling by respecting young readers' intelligence while entertaining adults, establishing the template for modern fantasy literature that continues inspiring writers today. All works by Lewis Carroll →
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