Lewis Carroll first created the Alice story whilst on a rowing trip on the River Isis, near Oxford, England.
He was in Oxford when he wrote down the story, which he called Alice's Adventures Under Ground.
He expanded the story for publication, also whilst in Oxford. This is the version which we know today; Alice's Adventures In Wonderland.
John Tenniel is the illustrator most people are familliar with, as he illustrated the first published version, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865). However, Lewis Carroll illustrated the first, hand-written version of Alice in Wonderland, which was called Alice's Adventures Under Ground (1864).
Alice's Advenutres Under Ground was written first. It was the hand-written version of the Alice story which Lewis Carroll gave to Alice Liddell in November 1864.However, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was published first, in 1865.A facsimile of Alice's Adventures Under Ground was published 21 years later, in 1886.
Alice in Wonderland was written by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. Dodgson chose this pseudonym by translating his first two names into Latin and then back into English to create Lewis Carroll.
Lewis Carroll began writing "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" in 1862, and it was published in 1865. The story originated from a boat trip he took with a friend's three daughters, during which he improvised a tale to entertain them.
The first, handwritten version that Lewis Carroll made for Alice Liddell was called 'Alice's Adventures Under Ground'. After he had lengthened it and Tenniel had illustrated it, it was published as 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was the first Alice book to be published, and is the one most people are familiar with, so could be described as the authoritative text.Alice's Adventures Under Ground is a facsimile of the shorter, hand written version which Lewis Carroll gave to Alice Liddell, and The Nursery "Alice" is a rewritten shorter version which Carroll wrote for the under-fives.
Lewis Carroll (Charles L. Dodgson) based many characters and scenarios in Alice in Wonderland on real life. He based the Dodo bird after himself because he had a stutter and would often introduce himself as Charles Do, do, Dogson.
Alice from Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" popped down the large rabbit hole in 1865.
Disney version: Alice in Wonderland. Original version by the original author (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pen-name Lewis Carroll): Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
Fantasy- such as Alice In Wonderland. He also wrote about mathematics and logic, under his real name, Charles Dodgson.
Lewis Carroll, whose real name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson.Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-1898), was an Oxford mathematics professor and amateur photographer who wrote "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" (1865) under the pen name 'Lewis Carroll'. He also wrote "Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There" (1872), "The Hunting of the Snark", and "Sylvie and Bruno".
Lewis Carroll wrote three versions of Alice in Wonderland. The first one he wrote was Alice's Adventures Under Ground, which was a hand written version of the story he told to Alice Liddell and her sisters during a rowing trip. It was published in 1986.The second version was Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. This was a lengthened version of the original, with new scenes added and illustrations by John Tenniel. It was actually published before Alice's Adventures Under Ground, in 1865, and is the version most of us know today.The third version Carroll wrote was The Nursery "Alice", which was written to be shorter and simpler, so that younger children could enjoy it. It was published in 1890.To read and compare the different versions online, follow the Related Links below