“have i gone mad? im afraid so, but let me tell you something, the best people usualy are.” ― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The story of the young girl Alice and her magical fall down a rabbit hole into a subterranean fantasy world full of fantastical characters, like the White Rabbit, the Mad Hatter, the Cheshire Cat, and the Queen of Hearts. One of the best-known and most popular works of English-language fiction, its narrative, structure, characters and imagery have been enormously influential in popular culture and literature and the subject of numerous stage, screen, and art adaptations. This illustrated, reading edition is appropriate for readers of all ages. Lewis Carroll (1832-1898), the pen-name for Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, was an Anglican deacon and writer of children’s fiction , most notably Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. His work was known for his often nonsensical word-play and clever manipulations of logic.