Down the Rabbit Hole in January
January is a significant month for Alice in Wonderland enthusiasts. Lewis Carroll, born Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, entered the world on January 27, 1832, and passed away on January 14, 1898. His famous tale, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, began in 1862, during a boat trip where he entertained the Liddell children with an improvised story. Young Alice Liddell, the inspiration behind the heroine, urged Carroll to write it down. After two years of writing, the book was finished in 1864 and published the following year, quickly becoming a literary sensation.
The book introduced the world to memorable characters like the Mad Hatter, whose tea party never ends, and the grinning Cheshire Cat, who can disappear at will. Carroll even invented a new type of poetry, the “nonsense poem,” one of the best examples of which is “Jabberwocky,” which appears in Through the Looking-Glass, the sequel to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
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