What makes ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ an iconic children’s book?

 

 

            ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’, the classic children’s book by Lewis Carroll, tells the story of Alice who falls down a rabbit hole, and lands into a fantasy world that is full of weird, wonderful people and animals. Though it is a children’s book, it is one of the popular ones among adults too.

            Commonly shortened to ‘Alice in Wonderland’, the book was published in 1865. Unlike most of the other children’s books till then, ‘Alice in Wonderland’, was an imaginative fantasy work, not just bound to moral lessons.

            The book portrays many interesting characters that Alice meets during her adventure. Some of them are the Duchess, the March Hare, Mad Hatter, and the Red Queen. The book has inspired numerous film and television adaptations.

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