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Quotes from the Book
But I don’t want to go among mad people," Alice remarked. "Oh, you can’t help that," said the Cat: "we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad." "How do you know I’m mad?" said Alice. "You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn’t have come here.
Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.
Begin at the beginning," the King said, very gravely, "and go on till you come to the end: then stop.
Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?" "That depends a good deal on where you want to get to." "I don't much care where –" "Then it doesn't matter which way you go.
Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle.
If everybody minded their own business, the world would go around a great deal faster than it does.
I don't think..." then you shouldn't talk, said the Hatter.
Mad Hatter: “Why is a raven like a writing-desk?” “Have you guessed the riddle yet?” the Hatter said, turning to Alice again. “No, I give it up,” Alice replied: “What’s the answer?” “I haven’t the slightest idea,” said the Hatter
have i gone mad? im afraid so, but let me tell you something, the best people usualy are.
Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?' 'That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,' said the Cat. 'I don't much care where -' said Alice. 'Then it doesn't matter which way you go,' said the Cat. '- so long as I get SOMEWHERE,' Alice added as an explanation. 'Oh, you're sure to do that,' said the Cat, 'if you only walk long enough.
Alice:How long is forever? White Rabbit:Sometimes, just one second.
I'm afraid I can't explain myself, sir. Because I am not myself, you see?
My dear, here we must run as fast as we can, just to stay in place. And if you wish to go anywhere you must run twice as fast as that.
Take some more tea," the March Hare said to Alice, very earnestly. "I've had nothing yet," Alice replied in an offended tone, "so I can't take more." "You mean you can't take less," said the Hatter: "it's very easy to take more than nothing." "Nobody asked your opinion," said Alice.
If you don't know where you are going any road can take you there
I wonder if I've been changed in the night. Let me think. Was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different. But if I'm not the same, the next question is 'Who in the world am I?' Ah, that's the great puzzle!
Alice: Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here? The Cheshire Cat: That depends a good deal on where you want to get to. Alice: I don't much care where. The Cheshire Cat: Then it doesn't much matter which way you go. Alice: ...So long as I get somewhere. The Cheshire Cat: Oh, you're sure to do that, if only you walk long enough.
The Mad Hatter: "Would you like some wine?" Alice: "Yes..." The Mad Hatter: "We haven't any and you're too young.
It is better to be feared than loved.
Well, I never heard it before, but it sounds uncommon nonsense.
Yes, that's it! Said the Hatter with a sigh, it's always tea time.
The sun was shining on the sea, Shining with all his might: He did his very best to make The billows smooth and bright -- And this was odd, because it was The middle of the night. The moon was shining sulkily, Because she thought the sun Had got no business to be there After the day was done -- "It's very rude of him," she said, "To come and spoil the fun!" The sea was wet as wet could be, The sands were dry as dry. You could not see a cloud, because No cloud was in the sky: No birds were flying overhead -- There were no birds to fly. In a Wonderland they lie Dreaming as the days go by, Dreaming as the summer die.
Why is a raven like a writing desk?
Cat: Where are you going? Alice: Which way should I go? Cat: That depends on where you are going. Alice: I don’t know. Cat: Then it doesn’t matter which way you go.
Little Alice fell d o w n the hOle, bumped her head and bruised her soul
Either it brings tears to their eyes, or else -" "Or else what?" said Alice, for the Knight had made a sudden pause. "Or else it doesn't, you know.
No wise fish would go anywhere without a porpoise.
Did you know?
- The book was illustrated by John Tenniel, who created 42 wood-engraved illustrations for the first edition.
- It was followed by a sequel, Through the Looking-Glass, in 1871.
- The story grew out of a tale Carroll told to Alice Liddell and her sisters during a boat trip.
- An abridged version for young children, The Nursery Alice, appeared in 1890.
- The book has been translated into well over a hundred languages and has remained continuously in print.
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About the book
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, first published in 1865 by Lewis Carroll, follows a curious young girl who follows a waistcoated White Rabbit down a rabbit hole into a fantastical underground world. There Alice grows and shrinks after eating and drinking mysterious things, and wanders through a landscape of illogical encounters with creatures such as the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter, the Caterpillar, and the tyrannical Queen of Hearts, before finally waking to find it was all a dream.
At its heart the book delights in wordplay, riddles, nonsense, and playful logic, using absurd episodes and puns to poke at reason, rules, and the rigid conventions of the adult world. Carroll's inventive language and mathematical sensibility give the story a layered appeal that has kept it popular with adults as well as children.
The novel helped move children's literature away from stiff Victorian didacticism toward a looser, sillier, more imaginative style. It has been translated into many languages, has never gone out of print, and its characters and scenes have become enduring cultural icons, inspiring countless films, plays, artworks, and adaptations.
Key characters
- AliceThe curious young protagonist who falls into Wonderland
- White RabbitA hurried, anxious rabbit with a pocket watch whom Alice follows
- Cheshire CatA grinning cat who appears and vanishes, offering cryptic guidance
- Mad HatterEccentric host of the never-ending tea party
- Queen of HeartsTyrannical ruler quick to order beheadings
- CaterpillarA hookah-smoking caterpillar who questions who Alice is
Book details
- First published
- 1865
- Length
- 192 pages
- Reading time
- 2 hours
- Author
- Unknown
- Genre
- Classics
- Goodreads rating
- 3.99 (448k ratings) →
- First line
- “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?"”
Series & reading order
- 1 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- 2 Through the Looking-Glass
Movie & TV adaptations
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If you liked this, read…
- 1Through the Looking-GlassCarroll's direct sequel continuing Alice's dreamlike adventures
- 2The Wonderful Wizard of OzAnother child heroine swept into a strange fantasy world
- 3Peter PanA classic of imaginative children's fantasy and escape from the adult world
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