The Nursery "Alice" by Lewis Carroll
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is a classic children's novel by Lewis Carroll. It tells the story of a young girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar, anthropomorphic creatures. The tale plays with logic in ways that have made the story of lasting popularity with adults as well as children. It is considered to be one of the most characteristic examples of the genre of literary nonsense, and its narrative course and structure have been enormously influential, especially in the fantasy genre. Alice is a young girl who is feeling bored and drowsy while sitting on the riverbank with her elder sister. She then notices a talking, clothed White Rabbit with a pocket watch run past. She follows it down a rabbit hole, but suddenly falls a long way to a curious hall with many locked doors of all sizes. She finds a small key to a door too small for her to fit through, but through it, she sees an attractive garden. She then discovers a bottle on a table labelled "DRINK ME," the contents of which cause her to shrink too small to reach the key which she has left on the table. She eats a cake with "EAT ME" written on it in currants as the chapter closes.
By Lewis Carroll · First published 1889 · Genre: Children's Literature, Fantasy, Humor · 14 chapters · 9,495 words
First lines
Once upon a time, there was a little girl called Alice: and she had a very curious dream.
Would you like to hear what it was that she dreamed about?
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- Work type: Novel
- Author: Lewis Carroll
- Date: 1889 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Children's Literature, Fantasy, Humor, Adventure
- Length: 9,495 words
- Structure: 14 chapters, 188 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Easy (6th Grade)
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Genres
- Children's Literature — The Nursery Alice is a children's book written by Lewis Carroll, and is a simplified version of his classic novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
- Fantasy — The Nursery Alice contains fantastical elements, such as talking animals and magical creatures, which are common in fantasy literature.
- Humor — The Nursery Alice is a humorous book, with its lighthearted tone and witty dialogue.
- Adventure — The Nursery Alice follows Alice on her adventures through a strange and fantastical world, making it an adventure story.
Tags
Fantasy fiction · alice · away · cat · could · course · curious · dear · door · duchess · go · got
Contents
- THE WHITE RABBIT
- HOW ALICE GREW TALL
- THE POOL OF TEARS
- THE CAUCUS-RACE
- BILL, THE LIZARD
- THE DEAR LITTLE PUPPY
- THE BLUE CATERPILLAR
- THE PIG-BABY
- THE CHESHIRE-CAT
- THE MAD TEA-PARTY
- THE QUEEN'S GARDEN
- THE LOBSTER-QUADRILLE
- WHO STOLE THE TARTS?
- THE SHOWER OF CARDS