Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Author: Carroll
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: This novel depicts the story of a little girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit hole in a dream and travels through a magical kingdom. It also became the work that brought Lewis Carroll worldwide fame as a children's author. The protagonist, Alice, was created based on the little daughter of the Dean of the Theology Department at Oxford University, H. L. Reid, who was a real person. In April 1862, Carroll and the Reid family took a boat trip along the Thames River. At that time, the 10-year-old Alice would improvise stories for her two older sisters every night. Three years later, these stories were compiled and published as Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. On the surface, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland seems to just describe Alice's adventures, but in reality, it offers a sharp satire of British society at the time. This can be seen in the characters who appear in the book. The rabbit who often checks his watch and runs quickly represents the timid and meticulous petty bourgeoisie. The queen who constantly shouts about having his head cut off symbolizes a dictator. The gardener who changes white roses into red ones to avoid the queen's punishment embodies the vociferous civil servant who speaks blindly. And the Duchess who often talks nonsense becomes a symbol of the reckless and ignorant.