Alice's Adventures Under Ground

by Lewis Carroll

Genres: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology; Classics

Synopsis

Alice's Adventures Under Ground is an 1864 novel written by English mathematician Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. It tells of a girl named Alice falling through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar, anthropomorphic creatures. The tale plays with logic, giving the story lasting popularity with adults as well as with children. It is considered to be one of the best examples of the literary nonsense genre. Its narrative course and structure, characters and imagery have been enormously influential in both popular culture and literature, especially in the fantasy genre.

Release date: March 24, 2011

Publisher: Cider Mill Press

Print pages: 128