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1. www.bbc.com › culture › articleThe children's book that's really for adults - BBC

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   For more than 150 years, Lewis Carroll's Alice stories have captured the imaginations of readers, artists, filmmakers and designers. Holly Williams finds out why.

2. medium.com › @sarinathomas › why-is-alice-inWhy is Alice in Wonderland a Classic? | by Sarina Thomas - Medium

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   Apr 30, 2024 · “Alice in Wonderland” has become a classic for a number of reasons. Generations after generation are captivated by its inventive story, abounding symbolism, and timeless themes of folly,...

3. theconversation.com › after-150-years-we-stillAfter 150 years, we still haven’t solved the puzzle of Alice ...

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   Jul 3, 2015 · Alice in Wonderland has become a sort of modern fairy tale, and it will no doubt continue being adapted and interpreted for many more years to come.

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   May 23, 2020 · Alice was an unusual protagonist — a girl, for a start, in a period when many girls did not go to school, and one who is far from the meek, seen-and-not-heard Victorian template as she makes her...

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5. www.bbc.com › culture › articleAlice in Wonderland’s hidden messages - BBC

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   May 26, 2023 · Alice is a parable of eating disorders; a cautionary tale about the then new-fangled symbolic algebra; a satire of the Wars of the Roses. In the wacky realm of rival theories, we all become as ...

6. fantasy.bnf.fr › en › understandAlice in Wonderland: Birth of a Genre | Fantasy - BnF

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   Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was a trailblazer, opening new horizons for authors children’s fantasy. The young heroine has had a tremendous impact with her nursery-rhyme strewn tales expressing a fear of growing up. #Fantasy #fantasybnf

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   Is Alice a classic?

   • Wikimedia Commons Alice is turning 150 this year, yet we still love to read about (or watch) this curious little girl’s adventures in Wonderland again and again. There’s something about this book that has made it a timeless classic, a fascinating story which has reached far beyond the children of the mid-19th century, for whom it was first written.

   After 150 years, we still haven’t solved the puzzle of Alice in Wonderland

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   Was Alice in Wonderland a good book?

   • Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was a trailblazer, opening new horizons for authors children’s fantasy. The young heroine has had a tremendous impact with her nursery-rhyme strewn tales expressing a fear of growing up.

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   Why is Alice in Wonderland so popular?

   • Holly Williams finds out why. For books that are all about surprising transformations, it should perhaps be no real surprise that Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass are among the most frequently adapted and reinterpreted stories ever written.

   The children's book that's really for adults - BBC

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   Was Alice a children's book?

   • But from its very first publication, Alice broke the bounds of "children's literature", to the extent that The Nation newspaper was able to suggest the book was more for adults than children, really.

   The children's book that's really for adults - BBC

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   What makes Alice a good character?

   • Alice was an unusual protagonist — a girl, for a start, in a period when many girls did not go to school, and one who is far from the meek, seen-and-not-heard Victorian template as she makes her polite but spirited way through adult worlds that have been cut down to the size of a pack of cards or a game of chess.

   Why we are still so fascinated with Alice in Wonderland - Financial Times

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   Is Alice in Wonderland a fairy tale?

   • It is a story ambivalent enough to allow a multitude of interpretations. Fairy tales survive because they are versatile: they mean different things in different contexts. Alice in Wonderland has become a sort of modern fairy tale, and it will no doubt continue being adapted and interpreted for many more years to come.

   After 150 years, we still haven’t solved the puzzle of Alice in Wonderland

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8. neovictorianstudies.com › article › download“But I’m grown up now”: Alice in the Twenty-First Century

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   dates back to Carroll’s day, as Carolyn Sigler’s Alternative Alices shows us, but in the first decade of the twenty-first century, the controlled menace of the original is transformed into outright violence, insanity, and sexual threat.