Alice

Alice is a fictitious character and the heroine of Lewis Carroll's kid's story Alice's Adventures in The Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking Glass (1872). Alice, a Victorian-era youngster, unknowingly embarks on an underground journey after slipping into a rabbit hole towards Wonderland. Then, in the sequel Through The Looking Glass, she traverses a mirror into a parallel universe.

The details of her appearance altered between the first drafts of Alice's Adventures in The Wonderland, Alice's Adventures Below Ground, and the illustrations in the two Alice volumes by political cartoonist John Tenniel.

Alice was born in trivial tales told by Lewis Carroll to entertain her friends - the Liddell siblings - during a rowing trip. Still, the degree to which this fictional Alice was modeled on real-life Alice Liddell is disputed by academics, despite the fact that they have the same given name.

Alice, whom Carroll described as "kind and gentle," "courteous to everybody," "trusting," and "wildly curious," has been variably seen as intelligent, well-mannered, and skeptical of authority. It has been determined since then that she is a cultural icon. The popularity of these Alice novels spawned several parodies, sequels, and imitations with similarly temperamental heroines as Alice. She has been interpreted via a variety of critical lenses, featured in and re-envisioned in countless versions, including Walt Disney's cartoon movie (1951).

Books: Alice in Wonderland, Through The Looking Glass

Author: Lewis Carroll