Links

Here are some links to other useful sites, about Alice in Wonderland related subjects not covered by this website. Please let me know if you find a dead link.

  1. Visit the website of the Lewis Carroll Society in the UK and become a member.
  2. There also is the Lewis Carroll Society of North America (LCSNA) for Carroll enthusiast in the USA.
    The Lewis Carroll homepage is a subsection of this site, and contains a huge number of links to anything even slightly related to Lewis Carroll and Alice in Wonderland.
  3. The Lewis Carroll Society of Japan (English page)
  4. The Lewis Carroll Society of Brazil
  5. The Victorian Web contains a lot of information about the Victorian age, like the political context. Very interesting, and essential for a good understanding of the cultural background of the Alice stories! Also take a look at the part that is specifically about Lewis Carroll.
  6. On this site you can find the e-text of 'the Nursery Alice', inclusing the Tenniel illustrations that were colored later.
  7. "Lewis Carroll: Reality & Myth" is an online resource for the major re-analysis of Lewis Carroll that has recently got under way. It describes and criticizes the phenomenon of the 'Carroll Myth' - the idealization of Carroll and his love for little girls - and promotes a more realistic look towards his life and character.
    It was created by the Lewis Carroll Societies of the UK and the US, and Contrariwise - a group that is striving to bring about a more rational and evidence-based view of Lewis Carroll, his life and his work, away from the mythologies.
  8. A project that attempts to list all first editions of Lewis Carroll's books.
  9. These websites make an attempt to show all the main illustrators of the Alice books (mainly British editions) from 1899 to 2009 and from 1929 to 2009. This site and this very extensive site also contain information about / pictures from illustrators other than John Tenniel of the Alice books.
  10. The book "The Tenniel Illustrations to the "Alice" Books" by Michael Hancher is no longer available in print, but you can read the full text online!
  11. Project Gutenberg has put Stuart Collingwood's "Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll" on-line for everyone to download and read.
  12. GradeSaver is a very useful site for students: it contains summaries, character descriptions, theme and metaphor analysis.
    Sparknotes also has summaries and character descriptions of both Alice books.
  13. Visit the Lewis Carroll eGroup to find info and post questions about any subject - from Alice-trivia to serious scholastic questions. This is where you can find the big names in the Alice-in-Wonderland-scene!
  14. The Alice in Wonderland Collectors Network
  15. Active weblog about collecting vintage Alice items
  16. Teachers can find several lesson plans for teaching Alice in Wonderland at this site. At this page a 6th grade study guide for Alice can be found.
  17. Play script from 1881 that is now free of copyright and can be downloaded or read online. It also includes the sheet music.
  18. The homepage of the real 'Old Sheep Shop' in Oxford, where Alice Liddell used to buy candy.
  19. A site with a lot of information about Kathryn Beaumont, the girl who voiced Alice in the Disney movie.
  20. In 1980 the rock group Pink Floyd made a record called 'The Wall'. Many people claim that it syncs up perfectly with the Disney movie and adds a lot to the experience.
  21. Read more about John Lennon's interest in Alice in Wonderland, and how the story inspired the Beatles songs 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds' and 'I am the Walrus'.
  22. At this site you can look up pictures of the graves of both Charles Dodgson and Alice Liddell.
  23. At this site you can find a great project: it is a dramatic reading of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Somewhat like a radio drama, but the actors read the entire novel. It includes sound effects and various voices. The chapters are available in Real Audio (.ram) format.
    Storynory Podcast has also published a free audio version for children, without sound effects.
  24. Interactive site with Alice in Wonderland puzzles, games, moving pictures and more.
  25. Website with quite a lot of coloring pages from Disney's Alice in Wonderland.
  26. At this site you can find some sound files from the Disney movie.
  27. A fan site dedicated to the 1985's television mini-series.


'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.