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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

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noun

  1. a story for children (1865) by Lewis Carroll.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Cultural  

  1. (1865) A book by Lewis Carroll. Alice, a young girl, enters Wonderland by following the White Rabbit down his hole and has many strange adventures there. She meets the Mad Hatter and the March Hare, the grinning Cheshire cat, and the tyrannical Queen of Hearts. Through the Looking-Glass is the sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

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I had never read Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and I just read it and it was amazing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

Each recording was selected from a random chunk of the Bible or Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, which they or other groups had previously translated into 25 and 46 languages, respectively.

From Science Magazine • Feb. 3, 2023

For preventive cardiologist Michele Mietus-Snyder, the quest to understand and address the early causes of heart disease is like going down the rabbit hole in Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.

From Scientific American • Nov. 30, 2021

The artist behind a new commemorative coin featuring scenes from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland sequel has said all generations will be able to enjoy it as it "evokes childhood memories".

From BBC • Aug. 2, 2021

He imagined the color and chaos of a tea party in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

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