Lewis Carroll - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, etc.

[Anna Moss]

To be honest even though lewis carol's books are quite hard to read
I'm quite a fan of Alice in wonderland. Anyone else a fan?

[Anita Bensoussane]

Yes, I've been a fan since early childhood. My daughter played the part of Alice in her school play - Alice, The Musical - last year and I enjoyed helping her learn her lines and songs.

Anita

[Moonraker]

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, has always been my number one children's classic.

Written by the Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, using the psedonym, Lewis Carroll, was first released in 1865.

I can remember as a very small child, looking down rabbit holes to see if I could climb down!

I have an Alice mug, and a plaque in the garden depicting the Mad Hatter's tea Party, just seen behind Jane's head!

[Jools]

The plaque looks lovely! Did you have it specially made?

[Moonraker]

No, I bought it for Simon, as he's a fan of the book, but now he lives in a roof in Camden, he's got nowhere to hang it!

[Kathelyne]

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland,

I can remember as a very small child, looking down rabbit holes to see if I could climb down!

lol, I didn't know what rabbit holes were, so I thought they were something made up... hehe

[Almas]

EvenI simply love the Alice books although I haven't read the sequel. The first book is humorious and funny but sometimes I found it a bit hard to read sometimes...

[DirtyDick]

Lewis Carol was a distant relative of my grandmother, my claim to fame

The only book I've read though is Alice in Wonderland, I could never really get into them.

[Susie]

I prefer Alice through the looking glass!

[Anita Bensoussane]

As a child I had a lovely copy of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (retitled Alice in Wonderland) illustrated by Janet and Anne Grahame Johnstone, and I read it many times:



I also read Through the Looking-Glass with illustrations by John Tenniel.

Although some of the send-ups of poetry and customs of the time were lost on me, I enjoyed the characters, surrealism, nonsense and word-play. My daughter liked both "Alice" books too and she played the part of Alice in Alice, the Musical at school.

In case anyone is interested, there's a free Alice Exhibition on at the British Library in London until 17th April. I visited it after a hospital appointment on Friday and it's pretty good. First you pass through an avenue of boards re-telling the story of Alice's adventures, with illustrations by different artists. That leads to several cases of interesting items including letters, diaries, manuscripts and photos by Lewis Carroll/Charles Dodgson; the wood-blocks of some of Tenniel's illustrations; vintage jigsaws etc. and "Alice" books illustrated by a range of artists. There are also a few Alice-related songs and film clips to listen to/watch.

[Francis]

Anita wrote

In case anyone is interested, there's a free Alice Exhibition on at the British Library in London until 17th April. I visited it after a hospital appointment on Friday and it's pretty good. First you pass through an avenue of boards re-telling the story of Alice's adventures, with illustrations by different artists. That leads to several cases of interesting items including letters, diaries, manuscripts and photos by Lewis Carroll/Charles Dodgson; the wood-blocks of some of Tenniel's illustrations; vintage jigsaws etc. and "Alice" books illustrated by a range of artists. There are also a few Alice-related songs and film clips to listen to/watch.

Thank you, Anita - we must try and visit. Charles Dodgson is buried in Guildford and the house where he lived is within a short walk of our house. Unfortunately it is privately owned as Guild Borough Council did not have the money to buy it and the National Trust were not interested. I am sure other countries would make more of their literary heritage. P. G. Wodehouse was born in Guildford but again the house is privately owned.

[Courtenay]

I've only read "Alice" once, when I was in my early teens (I think), and wasn't quite sure what to make of it — I keep thinking I should try again, as I don't like the feeling I've missed out on a children's classic. I'd like to see the British Museum exhibition if I can, at least.

Meanwhile, coincidentally, I just discovered this: Which Alice in Wonderland character are you?

I answered as honestly as I could (some of the questions are quite unusual) and came out as Alice herself. Not sure how accurate that is!

[Francis]

Thanks for the link, Courtenay - I come out as the Mad Hatter!

[Eddie Muir]

Interesting link, Courtenay.

I come out as the Cheshire Cat:

You're often congratulated on your beautiful smile. Make sure the rest of your body also appears.

[Courtenay]

I tried doing it again with several different answers for the ones I wasn't sure of, and still came out as Alice. So I guess I must be.