The book tells the story of a young girl named Alice chasing the white rabbit and then experiencing surreal adventures in Wonderland. The book was finally published as Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland in 1865, illustrated by professional artist Sir John Tenniel. Other alternative titles were Alice Among The Fairies and Alice’s Golden Hour. Under MacDonald’s encouragement, he brought the unfinished manuscript to MacMillan in 1863, and in November 1864, he presented her with a written and illustrated manuscript titled Alice’s Adventures Underground.

Lewis Carroll / Getty Imagesīack in 1862, he had told the story to Alice, who begged for a written version. The Great Hall in Christ Church College houses portraits of Henry Liddell, Alice’s father, and Charles Dodgson plus an ‘Alice’ window depicting Alice Liddell, the dodo and other Wonderland characters.Īlice’s Shop, opposite the entrance to Christ Church Meadow on St Aldates, stuffed with Alice memorabilia today, was the sweet shop where the little girl would buy her favourite barley sugars.English mathematician, writer and photographer Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll (1832 - 1898) with Mrs George Macdonald and four children relaxing in a garden. There are many places and features around Oxford that crop up in Lewis Carroll’s books, one of which is the Oxford dodo. The Oxford Dodo © Oxford Museum of Natural History Alice’s Adventures Under Ground was born from this, and was later published as Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. The mathematician would take Alice and her siblings for frequent rowing trips and picnics on the Isis, telling bizarre stories as they travelled. The college was significant in the lives of he and Alice Liddell, upon whom his book is based Alice’s father was Dean of Christ Church and a very good friend of Charles Dodgson. The Latin for Charles is Carolus, thereby Carroll, while Lutwidge translates as Ludovic, or Lewis when anglicised, hence Lewis Carroll.Ĭhrist Church College, where Charles Dodgson taught © Tejvan_PettingerĬharles Dogdson both attended and taught mathematics at Christ Church College. No author was actually called Lewis Carroll: this is the pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson.

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