160th Anniversary Alice in Wonderland
During a boating trip on the Thames, Lewis Carroll spontaneously wrote a story for a young girl named Alice: "Alice in Wonderland." It was a book that would shape literary history. Today, 160 years ago, Carroll presented the handwritten manuscript to the girl. The story of young Alice is much more than a children's adventure for me. It was and still is one of the stories that captivate and inspire me to dream. Alice broke the rules of convention and didactic children's literature. Instead of obedience and morality, Alice displays courage, wit, and the ability to find her own way amidst chaos. Characters like the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter, or the heartless Queen of Hearts, along with the absurd logic and linguistic playfulness, make the story a literary phenomenon to this day. In November 1864, Dodgson presented his manuscript to the real Alice. - Sidenote Lewis Carroll was born as Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. But that wasn't the end of it: Dodgson revised and expa...