Alice in Wonderland

From: A New Dictionary of Eponyms | Date: 1997| Author: | Copyright information

Alice in Wonderland A girl who has recently come to a strange, exotic, fantastic surrounding is sometimes called an “Alice.” Ideas, schemes, plans, and projects that are wholly impractical, those daytime dreams that can exist only in the realm of fantasy, may be alluded to as an idea from “Alice in Wonderland.”

Lewis Carroll's children's books, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and its sequel Through the Looking Glass (1871), illustrated by Sir John Tenniel, the Punch artist, have enjoyed great longevity. Known for their whimsical humor and ...

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