Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
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History of Creation
Alice in Wonderland is an incredible work, and the story of its creation is equally fascinating.
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, known to us as Lewis Carroll, came up with the story on the go during a boat trip on Friday, July 4, 1862, while strolling with his friend and three daughters of one of the deans of Oxford University. The middle girl was named Alice Liddell, who persistently asked her friend, Mr. Dodgson, to come up with a story with her as the main character, and to make it as silly as possible. Much to his surprise, all three young ladies asked him to write down this story. Charles loved children and had many child-friends, so he couldn't refuse them. This “amusement” took its final form by the end of 1864. The manuscript was accompanied by thirty-three illustrations by the author, a photograph of Alice at the end, and was titled A Christmas Gift to a Dear Child in Memory of a Summer's Day...
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, known to us as Lewis Carroll, came up with the story on the go during a boat trip on Friday, July 4, 1862, while strolling with his friend and three daughters of one of the deans of Oxford University. The middle girl was named Alice Liddell, who persistently asked her friend, Mr. Dodgson, to come up with a story with her as the main character, and to make it as silly as possible. Much to his surprise, all three young ladies asked him to write down this story. Charles loved children and had many child-friends, so he couldn't refuse them. This “amusement” took its final form by the end of 1864. The manuscript was accompanied by thirty-three illustrations by the author, a photograph of Alice at the end, and was titled A Christmas Gift to a Dear Child in Memory of a Summer's Day...
Manuscript facsimile edition of the manuscript "Alice's Adventures Underground"
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History of Creation
…However, the tale was not published immediately. Charles had doubts, and therefore, the initial requests to publish Alice Underground went unanswered. He decided to have a professional arbitrator in this dispute, George MacDonald, a well-known fairy-tale writer at the time. Lewis Carroll let him read the story to his children, and they would give the final verdict. Naturally, the children enjoyed Alice Underground, so the writer soon started rewriting the tale, adding two episodes — the "Mad Hatter's Tea Party" and the "Trial of the Knave". Overall, it turned into Alice in Wonderland and was presented to its heroine on July 4, exactly three years after the memorable boat trip. The final version was signed with the name Lewis Carroll, and the author decided to entrust the illustrations to John Tenniel, a famous English caricaturist.
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