Lewis Carroll posed the riddle "Why is a raven like a writing desk" in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to highlight the absurdity and nonsensical nature of Wonderland. The possible connection between a crow and a writing desk in this context is that both can produce "notes," with a crow making caws and a writing desk producing written notes. However, the riddle remains unanswered in the book, emphasizing the whimsical and illogical nature of Wonderland.
Alice had adventures in Wonderland in the book "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is a children's book written by Lewis Carroll in 1865.
Lewis Carroll
Lewis Carroll
The doorknob doesn't appear in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, it only appears in Disney's 1951 animated film. In that film its name is never mentioned, but it does refer to itself as 'doorknob' at one point.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was published on July 4th, 1865.
Lewis Carroll wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland as a whimsical and imaginative story for a young girl named Alice Liddell, whom he enjoyed telling stories to.
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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...from the books 'Adventures in Wonderland' of 1865 and 'Alice through the Looking Glass' and 'What Alice found there' of 1871
The riddle "How is a raven like a writing desk?" posed by Lewis Carroll in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" does not have a definitive answer. Carroll himself later admitted that he had not originally intended for there to be an answer to the riddle.
Lewis Carroll posed the question "Why is a raven like a writing desk" in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to highlight the absurdity and nonsensical nature of Wonderland, challenging traditional logic and reasoning.