5. THE NOVELS WERE BANNED IN CHINA.
All Alice novels were banned in China in 1931, on the grounds that “animals should not use human language”. (Credits: theguardian.com) 4. LEWIS CARROLL SUFFERED FROM A RARE NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER. Lewis Carroll suffered from a rare neurological disorder that causes strange hallucinations and affects the size of visual objects, which can make the sufferer feel bigger or smaller than they are – a huge theme of the book. The disease, first discovered by English psychiatrist John Todd in 1955, was later named Alice in Wonderland Syndrome. It is also known as Todd’s syndrome. (Credits: theguardian.com) 3. QUEEN VICTORIA WANTED THE NEXT IN SERIES TO BE DEDICATED TO HER. After reading Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Queen Victoria, having loved the book, suggested that Carroll dedicate his next book to her! And so, his next work, An Elementary Treatise on Determinants, With Their Application to Simultaneous Linear Equations and Algebraic Equations, was presented to the Queen – perhaps not quite what she’d had in mind… (Credits: theguardian.com) 2. MOCK TURTLE SOUP IS REAL! It was a popular dish in Victorian times, created as a cheaper version of green turtle soup.It was made from various odd parts of a calf, such as brains, head and hoof! (Credits: theguardian.com) 1. ALICE’S CHARACTER WAS BASED ON A REAL-LIFE LITTLE GIRL NAMED ALICE LIDDELL. She was in fact not a blonde as illustrated in the book but a brunette. The real life Alice has been portrayed in fiction almost as many times than the fictional one! Recently in John Logan’s stage play Peter and Alice in which she was played by Dame Judi Dench. The names of the three little sisters in the Dormouse’s story (Elsie, Lacie and Tillie) also refer to the names of the three Liddell sisters. Elsie originated from the initials of Lorina Charlotte, Lacie is a transformation of Alice, and Tillie was short for Matilda, a name given to Edith by her sisters. (Credits: theguardian.com) Did you like reading "Alice: Complete Collection" ? Yes.Then most readers loved reading these 3 books on Amazon as well.
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