Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- 140
- Pages
- about 2.5 h
- Reading time
- Film 1951 +11
- On screen
- Kate Greenaway Medal
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Our view
A children’s novel from 1865 that still works because it never tries to make sense. Alice drops down a rabbit hole into a world of talking creatures where logic is turned inside out, and the fun lies in the wordplay and the comic verses rather than in any plot. At 140 pages it is brief. Those who need a story to follow rules may be left cold; lovers of nonsense will not.
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About the book
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is an 1865 English children's novel by Lewis Carroll. It tells the story of a little girl named Alice who falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world of anthropomorphic creatures. It is seen as an example of the literary nonsense genre. The artist John Tenniel provided 42 wood-engraved illustrations for the original edition.
On screen
This book has been adapted for the screen 12 times — from 1915 to 2025.
- FilmAlice in WonderlandIMDb
- FilmAlice in WonderlandIMDb
- SeriesAlice in WonderlandIMDb
- FilmAlice's Adventures in WonderlandIMDb
- FilmAlice in WonderlandIMDb
- Short filmAlice in WonderlandIMDb
- FilmAliceIMDb
- TV filmAlice in WonderlandIMDb
- FilmAlice in WonderlandIMDb
- FilmAlice or the Last EscapadeIMDb
- FilmAlice in WonderlandIMDb
- FilmFushigi no Kuni de Alice to: Dive in WonderlandIMDb
Adaptation data: Wikidata · On screen →
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.8 across 1,795 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 92% of the weight and the score stays at 7.8 — the Rankings average of 7.8 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.1 | 225 | 13% |
| Google Books | 8.0 | 130 | 7% |
| Hardcover | 7.8 | 1.4K | 80% |
Frequently asked
What age is Alice's Adventures in Wonderland for?
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland sits on the Children shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 5–10. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating.
In this book
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