Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is a children's novel by Lewis Carroll, the pen name of Charles Dodgson, a mathematics lecturer at Christ Church, Oxford. It grew out of a story he improvised for Alice Liddell, the daughter of the college's dean, and her sisters on a river outing in 1862. Illustrated by John Tenniel and published by Macmillan, the book follows a girl who falls down a rabbit hole into a nonsensical world of talking animals, the Queen of Hearts and the Mad Hatter. It was a hit, and the sequel Through the Looking-Glass followed in 1871. Playful in its logic and wordplay, it has influenced writers, artists and filmmakers ever since.
Before and after
- 3 June 1865Birth of George V
- 13 June 1865Birth of William Butler Yeats
- 27 August 1865Birth of Charles G. Dawes
- 2 November 1865Birth of Warren G. Harding
- 26 November 1865Publication of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- 8 December 1865Birth of Jean Sibelius
- 1866Founding of Nestlé
- 1866Publication of Crime and Punishment
- from 1866 to 1868Red Cloud's War
More in Art, literature & culture
- 1792Publication of Dream of the Red Chamber
- 5 May 1821Founding of The Guardian
- 7 April 1837Publication of The Little Mermaid
- 21 February 1848Publication of The Communist Manifesto
- 18 September 1851Founding of The New York Times
- 1857Rise of Symbolism
The era
This moment belongs to the Industrial era (1760 CE to 1914 CE), steam, factories and revolutions. You can also browse everything in the 19th century.