Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (commonly shortened to
Alice in Wonderland) is an 1865
novel written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym
Lewis Carroll. It tells of a girl named
Alice falling through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar,
anthropomorphic creatures. The tale plays with
logic, giving the story lasting popularity with adults as well as with children. It is considered to be one of the best examples of the
literary nonsense genre. Its
narrative course and structure,
characters and imagery have been enormously influential in both popular culture and literature, especially in the
fantasy genre.