Conception and Manuscript
- When
- 1862-1864
- Where
- River Isis
The story was conceived during a 1862 river expedition. Carroll began working on the manuscript in earnest in November 1863 and presented the illustrated manuscript to Alice Liddell in November 1864.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was conceived on 4 July 1862, when Lewis Carroll and the Reverend Robinson Duckworth rowed up the river Isis with the three young daughters of Carroll's friend Henry Liddell. Carroll began working on the manuscript in earnest in November 1863. On 26 November 1864, Carroll gave Alice the manuscript of Alice's Adventures Under Ground, dedicating it as "A Christmas Gift to a Dear Child in Memory of a Summer's Day".
Sources
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-03
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