A Brief Introduction to Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland is a children's literature work published by British writer Charles Ludwig Dodgson under the pseudonym lewis carroll in 1865. The story tells that a girl named Alice entered a magical country from the rabbit hole, met many talking creatures and playing cards like people, and finally found that it was a dream.

Since the publication of 1865, this fairy tale has been deeply loved by readers of different ages, which is believed to be due to the author's clever use of illogical jumping methods to lay out the story. Alice in Wonderland has been translated into at least 125 languages and reprinted more than 300 times in the mid-20th century. Its popularity is second only to the Bible and Shakespeare's works.

2. Main contents

Alice in Wonderland tells the story of a little girl Alice chasing a talking Alice with a pocket watch and being surrounded by the characters in the story.

The white rabbit fell into the rabbit hole, thus falling into the magical underground world. In this world, a sip of water can shrink to the size of a mouse, and eating a cake can turn you into a giant. Eating the same mushroom on the right will make you shorter, and eating it on the left will make you taller. Dogs will roar and wag their tails when they lose their temper, while cats will roar and wag their tails because they are happy. In this world, everything seems strange.

She also met many people and animals: Dodo, Lizard Bill, Cheshire cat, Mad Hatter, March Rabbit, Dormouse, Mock Turtle, Gryphon and Ugly Duchess. In the big garden behind the small door, she met a whole deck of playing cards, including the rude queen of hearts, the kind king of hearts and the swaggering Jack of hearts. Alice helped the rabbit find the lost fan and gloves. Later, she helped three gardeners escape the persecution of the Red Queen. She also protested loudly in the absurd court that the king and queen framed good people. In this fantastic and crazy world, it seems that only Alice is the only sober person. She kept exploring and asked "Who am I?". In the process of exploration, she keeps learning about herself and growing. When she finally grew into a "big" girl, she suddenly woke up and found that all this was a dream of her own.

3. Creative background

Carol, the author of Alice in Wonderland, was imaginative and introverted since she was a child and never married, but she loved children very much and often played games with them. 1862 One day in the summer, Carol was boating on the Thames with her neighbor's three daughters. While having a tea break on the river bank, he made up a fairyland story for the children. The protagonist is based on Alice, the cleverest and cutest seven-year-old girl among the sisters. After returning home, Carol wrote the story at Alice's request, drew her own illustrations and gave them to little Alice. It wasn't long before the novelist Henry Kingsley discovered the manuscript, which was amazing. With his encouragement, Carol further perfected it. Alice in Wonderland was published in Japan in June, 1865. 187 1 year, Carol published Alice's Travel Notes in Love, a companion piece of this fairy tale.