Facts about Alice in Wonderland

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   A sequel written by Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass, continues Alice's adventures and introduced characters such as Tweedledee and Tweedledum.

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   Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland after improvising the story aloud during a boat trip on the River Thames on 4 July 1862.

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   Illustrations by John Tenniel, a political cartoonist for Punch magazine, defined the iconic visual appearance of Alice and her adventures.

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   The character of Alice was inspired by a real child named Alice Liddell, the daughter of a colleague of author Charles Dodgson.

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   Lewis Carroll originally titled Alice in Wonderland Alice's Adventures in Wonderland when it was first published in 1865.

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