Resources
Book chapters and movie script
The full texts of the Alice in Wonderland books, quotes, summaries, and the script from the Disney movie.
Original texts
- Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
The first ‘Alice’ book - Through the Looking-Glass and what Alice found there
The continuation - Alice’s Adventures Under Ground
The manuscript on which the published story was based - The Nursery ‘Alice’
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland retold for children ‘from nought to five’
The lost chapter
- A Wasp in a Wig
The lost chapter from Through the Looking-Glass
Quotes
Summaries
Disney movie script
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Pictures
Pictures from the Alice books, the original manuscript, screencaps from Disney’s movie, and several photographs.
Pictures by source
Pictures by character
Links
Background information
General information about the creation of both Alice in Wonderland books, Disney’s movie, the author, the real Alice and the illustrator.
- Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
How a story told to three little girls evolved from Alice’s Adventures Under Ground to the book “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”, the publication process, revisions, and other editions. - Through the Looking-Glass and what Alice found there
About the creation of the sequel and its publication process. - John Tenniel’s illustrations
How the illustrator of both Alice books was chosen, how he cooperated with Carroll, and how the illustrations were created and printed - Lewis Carroll
The author of the Alice in Wonderland books, who’s real name was Charles Ludwidge Dodgson - Alice Liddell
The real girl named Alice, who inspired the Alice in Wonderland stories - Disney’s movie
Disney’s Alice in Wonderland movie - Trivia
Miscellaneous facts about the creation of the books and the author - Glossary
An explanation of terms and phrases that were well known at the time of writing, but are currently less known. - Alice on the Stage
An article from Carroll with his views about how the story came to be and how he meant characters to be like.
Analysis
Deeper analyses of the origins of the texts and illustrations, characters, themes and motives, and finding ‘hidden meanings’ in the Alice books.
Origins
- Story origins
Things out of Lewis Carroll’s environment that inspired him when writing the story of Alice in Wonderland. - Picture origins
Things that inspired John Tenniel’s illustrations - Poem origins
The original poems that were parodied by Carroll in his story
Literary elements
Interpretive essays
- Explanations and ‘hidden meanings’
All kinds of explanations for / interpretations of the books
Conclusion
“Where shall I begin, please your Majesty?” He asked.
“Begin at the beginning,” the King said, very gravely, “and go on till you come to the end: then stop.”