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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (also known as Alice in Wonderland) is an 1865 English children's novel by Lewis Carroll, a mathematics don at the University of Oxford. It details the story of a girl named Alice who falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world of anthropomorphic creatures. It is seen as an example of the literary nonsense ...
John Tenniel's illustration of Alice and the pig from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865). Alice is a fictional child living during the middle of the Victorian era. [2] In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865), which takes place on 4 May, [nb 1] the character is widely assumed to be seven years old; [3] [4] Alice gives her age as seven and a half in the sequel, which takes place on 4 ...
The Pilgrim's Regress is a book of allegorical fiction by C. S. Lewis. This 1933 novel was Lewis's first published work of prose fiction, and his third piece of work to be published and first after he converted to Christianity. [ 1] It charts the progress of a fictional character named John through a philosophical landscape in search of the ...
A Dream of John Ball: William Morris: John Ball travels between mediaeval and contemporary worlds. 1888 "The Chronic Argonauts" H. G. Wells: An inventor takes a companion in his time machine. The companion narrates the story of their subsequent adventures. 1889 Sylvie and Bruno: Lewis Carroll: A watch both tells and determines time. 1889
The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of seven portal fantasy novels by British author C. S. Lewis. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes and originally published between 1950 and 1956, the series is set in the fictional realm of Narnia, a fantasy world of magic, mythical beasts and talking animals. It narrates the adventures of various children who ...
British. Detective Sergeant / Detective Inspector Robert " Robbie " Lewis is a fictional character in the Inspector Morse crime novels by Colin Dexter. The "sidekick" to Morse, Lewis is a detective sergeant in the Thames Valley Police, and appears in all 13 Morse novels. In the television adaptation, Inspector Morse, he is played by Kevin Whately.
The Walrus and the Carpenter. White King (Through the Looking-Glass) White Knight (Through the Looking-Glass) White Queen (Through the Looking-Glass) White Rabbit. Categories: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Lewis Carroll. Characters in fantasy literature.
The Cheshire Cat ( / ˈtʃɛʃər, - ɪər / CHESH-ər, -eer) [ 1] is a fictional cat popularised by Lewis Carroll in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and known for its distinctive mischievous grin. While now most often used in Alice -related contexts, the association of a "Cheshire cat" with grinning predates the 1865 book.