Alice Wonderland History

In 1862, Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson made up a story to help three little girls (including 10-year-old Alice Pleasance Liddell) pass their time. On this date in 1865, his story — Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — was published under the pen name Lewis Carroll. The book recounted the tale of Alice who fell through a rabbit hole into an underground world that was full of surprises. A few years later, Carroll followed it up with further stories about Alice in Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There.

Quote: "'Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?' 'That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,' said the Cat. 'I don't much care where—' said Alice. 'Then it doesn't matter which way you go,' said the Cat." — Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland