Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Surprising facts
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1/8Lewis Carroll is a pen name
His real name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. He taught mathematics at Christ Church, Oxford.
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2/8He is the Dodo
Dodgson sometimes stuttered his name as Do-Do-Dodgson, so he put himself in the book as the Dodo.
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3/8Friends in the Caucus-race
The Duck is Robinson Duckworth, and the Lory and the Eaglet are Alice's sisters Lorina and Edith.
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5/8The first print run was stopped
Tenniel was unhappy with the printing quality, so the first 2,000 copies were held back.
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6/8No Tea-Party at first
The Mad Tea-Party was not in the handwritten version. It was added for the book.
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7/8The manuscript was sold
Alice Liddell later sold the handwritten Under Ground book at Sotheby's for £15,400. It is now in the British Library.
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Image credits
- Tenniel illustration 25, from an 1869 edition, John Tenniel, Public domain
- Tenniel illustration 09, from an 1869 edition, John Tenniel, Public domain
- Tenniel illustration 42, from an 1869 edition, John Tenniel, Public domain
- Tenniel illustration 26, from an 1869 edition, John Tenniel, Public domain
- LewisCarrollSelfPhoto, Lewis Carroll, Public domain
- Alice Liddell 2, Lewis Carroll, Public domain
- Alice falling slowly down the rabbit hole among cupboards and teacups, Illustration by VoxRead, AI-generated for VoxRead