When Alice follows a white rabbit into a strange underground world, she finds herself in a land where logic is turned upside down and anything can happen. From tea parties with the Mad Hatter to cryptic conversations with the Cheshire Cat, her adventures explore imagination, identity, and the absurdity of adulthood. Lewis Carroll’s beloved tale remains a timeless celebration of curiosity and wonder.
Date: 1865 (United Kingdom)
Length: ~288 pages (varies by edition)
Cultural impact: ~100.000.000 copies (estimates)
Genre: Fantasy, Children
"The nonsense almost equals that of its predecessor, and is far more charming than half the literature bought and sold as solid sense. The charm of it is that it answers to its name; there is literally no sense in it, no lurking moral, no covert satire, no meaning, so far as we read it, of any sort whatever; it is at once the lightest and the brightest, and the most utter nonsense" — The Times (1871), leading British newspaper
"Quite as rich in humorous whims of fantasy, quite as laughable in its queer incidents, as lovable for its pleasant spirit and graceful manner" — The Illustrated London News (1871), British newspaper
"We know no higher praise than to say it is the equal of that charming juvenile Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland... Lewis Carroll has succeeded in giving to his books a purity, a daintiness, and an absolute adaptation to child-wants which are remarkable" — The Independent (1871), American newspaper
"There is not much to choose between them" — The Pall Mall Gazette (1871), British newspaper comparing it favourably to the first Alice book
"A masterpiece —only a shade less than Wonderland" — Florence Becker Lennon, American biographer and Carroll scholar
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