Facts about Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland
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Alice in Wonderland has been adapted into film more times than almost any other literary work, with Disney's 1951 animated version being among the most widely recognized adaptations.
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Carroll coined several nonsense words in Alice in Wonderland, including 'chortle' and 'galumph,' which have since entered standard English dictionaries.
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The story was published in 1865 by Macmillan and has never gone out of print, making it one of the most continuously published books in history.
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John Tenniel's illustrations for Alice in Wonderland became so iconic that they have defined the visual appearance of the characters in popular culture ever since.
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Originally titled Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll's story was first told orally to Alice Liddell during a boat trip in 1862.