This month’s Dark Origins post discusses the real, and very creepy, story behind the book, Alice in Wonderland. Thanks for hosting, Kaye Lynne Booth.
Alice in Wonderland is one of my favourite childhood books. I love it so much, I have seven different copies, one of which is vintage.
The book, Alice in Wonderland, starts with a young girl, Alice, sitting on a bank and watching her sister read a boring book with no pictures or conversations. Seeing a white rabbit passing by, she follows it down a rabbit hole. The rabbit walks and talks and has a pocket watch. Alice falls down and down the rabbit hole, all the while having an interesting conversation with herself, and ends up in a large entrance hall. There is a small door beyond which is a beautiful world, but Alice is to big to pass through it. She experiments with eating and drinking various items until she is finally small enough to gain entry to Wonderland.
Wonderland is a strange and mysterious world filled with unusual…
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It is truly creepy!
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It is, and unexpected as this book is so famous.
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Fascinating
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It is fascinating and quite disturbing.
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That is a sticky book, innit. It often comes to mind when I view current events (the ‘through the looking glass’ sort of idea).
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Hi Jacqui, I think these two books are amazing. A pity the author was so odd, but I have discovered unpleasant information about several of my favourite children’s authors.
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Gosh Robbie, wow who would have known? You do your research so well. Amazing. You are so brilliant. Fascinating about Lewell is Carroll and his background and likes. For me that is creepy and well rather horrible. I would struggle to write about such a person. Well written and fascinating as always. Hope you are well, and all your boys and hubby are well. Your drawings and paintings on Instagram are stunning. You and Michael are both professional. Lots of love Bella
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Hi Bella, it’s lovely to hear from you. It is rather sad reading about the lives of some authors. It taints the books. I’m glad you enjoy our artwork 😊
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Yes it does taint the author and our image of them. Quiet sad. I am trying to be more regular on WP at least once to twice a week, posting on Wednesday mainly.
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I will come over tomorrow. I have been drowning with work and the PT3 book launch but I’m on a break now until 8 May. 😊💕
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Enjoy your break . PS happy to do any canva work if you need me to ?
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Thanks, Bella. I will need some promotional items a bit later in the year as I have a few books on the go.
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gosh you really can juggle so much – seriously you are amazing
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I commented over there, Robbie.
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Thank you, Norah 💗
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Always look forward to your posts as they always make me think – terrific
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HI John, I knew some of this information and I learned some new facts when I did the research for this post. It certainly does cast this book in a different light.
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Indeed! With all of the “updating” going on in fiction and film, I like discovering why things were created the way they were AT THE TIME rather than just whitewashing or removing it!
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That is a very good point.
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I always enjoy getting a look at the often unexpected origins behind some of my favorite childhood books! Thank you for sharing this fascinating post. 🙂
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My pleasure, I’m glad you enjoyed this post.
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