What exactly does the world-famous Alice in Wonderland tell?

Fairy tales before the 19th century were mostly "virtue fairy tales", full of tediousness and preaching. It was not until the Victorian era, with the increase in the number of middle-class readers and the emphasis on the education of the next generation, that books began to pursue "fun", and fairy tales and picture books became popular. "Alice in Wonderland" is one of the most classic.

At the time of its initial publication, Alice in Wonderland was not well received, with critics even calling it "the unorganized, crazy talk of a bunch of weirdos."

Surprisingly, Alice in Wonderland was a huge hit. The book's whimsical and whimsical plot, as well as the poignant puns, harmonic language games, and a number of nonsense poems that spoof famous contemporary poetry, make this fairy tale humorous and at the same time flash with wisdom, even Queen Victoria and Oscar Wilde at the time are its loyal fans.

To date, Alice in Wonderland has been translated into at least 125 languages and reprinted more than 400 times. Arguably, its popularity is second only to the Bible and shakespeare' works.

In 2017, the BBC Culture Channel brought together authoritative book critics from around the world to select the best English children's books in 100 years, and Alice in Wonderland won a good result of 4th.

The official publication of Alice in Wonderland marks the book's journey from a personal gift between friends to a world-renowned children's literature masterpiece that travels through time and space.

The author, Lewis Carroll, is very familiar with children's language and ideas. Alice's neck becomes as long as a snake's, and her body is too large to enter the rabbit's home, and these episodes reflect the uneasiness and distress brought by the physical changes in her growing up.

As the story progresses, Alice learns to eat both sides of the mushroom to control changes in her body, which means that the child has finally learned to adjust and control his own psychology.

The author is also very obsessed with various riddles and word games, which is closely related to the fact that he is a math teacher. This book can also be said to be a collection of puzzles and games connected by stories.

The sequel to the book, Alice in the Mirror, is built on the rules of the game of chess.

In the world of Alice in Wonderland, there are always hurried white rabbits, big blue caterpillars smoking shisha, nervous mad hats, plain turtles who always cry, queen hearts constantly shouting to cut off other people's heads, the duchess holding pig-like babies, everyone plays croquet games, flamingos make clubs, live hedgehogs make balls, guards are all playing cards, bending down to make goals, and of course, there are laughing Cheshire cats, which can make their bodies disappear out of thin air, leaving only a smile in the world.

"Alice in Wonderland" tells the story of the little girl Alice chasing a talking white rabbit, falling into a rabbit hole, thus falling into the magical underground world. In a world where a sip of water can shrink to the size of a mouse, and eating a piece of cake turns into a giant, it seems that everything you eat is weird.

She also encounters a whole bunch of people and animals: dodos, Lizard Bill, Cheshire Cat, Mad Hatter, March Hare, Sleeping Mouse, Plain Turtle, Eagle Head Lion, Ugly Duchess.

In the big garden behind a small door, she encounters a whole deck of playing cards, including the rough Queen of Peaches, the good man King of Peaches, and the energetic Jack of Peach (J).

In this fantasy and crazy world, it seems that only Alice is the only sober person, she constantly explores, and at the same time constantly asks "who am I", constantly knowing me while exploring, constantly growing, and finally growing into a "big" girl, suddenly woke up, only to find that all this is a dream of her own.

Ten years have passed since that adventure. Alice, who once roamed the wonderland, was 19 years old and lived in a gorgeous and rich manor, with no worries about food and clothing, a luxurious life, driven by the social atmosphere, gradually growing into the kind of aristocratic woman that the family hoped for, but she had long forgotten her wonderful experiences when she was 9 years old. Time flies, at the 19th birthday party held by the family for her, the son of a rich man proposes to him, the other party is Hamish Escot, Hamish, although the family is rich, but the personality is stupid and wooden, and Alice is not a passerby at all. Alice realizes that she does not want such a life, and eager to change the status quo, under the leadership of the little white rabbit, Alice once again enters the wonderland.

It was still the place she had been since her childhood, and nothing had changed much, with Mr. Mad Hatter with wonderful yellow pupils welcoming Alice first, while the authoritarian and fierce Queen of Hearts was still screaming to cut off the heads of others, even her sister the White Queen. With the help of her twin brothers, Alice gradually regains her memories, and she will re-examine herself in this fairytale-like and wonderful world.

This is the author's manuscript of Alice in Wonderland. As you can see, this is the opening and illustration of the first chapter, where Alice sits on the riverbank next to her sister, and she begins to get bored.

One summer day in 1862, author Lewis Carroll took his friend's three daughters on a boat trip to the lake, and he casually made up a story about Alice, one of the three sisters.

Ten-year-old Alice was fascinated and demanded that Carol must write the story down.

Carroll really fulfilled the little girl's request, and in order to make it easier for Alice to read, he not only painstakingly adopted a simple and clear "handwritten print", but also matched it with 37 pairs of pen drawings and drew colored book covers.

This author's handwritten and hand-drawn work has been carefully collected and kept by Alice.