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So it needed the book challenge to remind me of my forgotten classics. And although I could have found lots of other books published before 2000 (which was the task) I decided on Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland from 1865. It's not very long, only 124 pages and it was a fun read.
The story of course is well-known. On one afternoon young Alice travels through a rabbit hole into another mysterious country where she meets loads of strange creatures and grows and shrinks several times. Parts of the story are well-known from the many film adaptions and references in other books. But I was surprised by the absurdity of some of the situations, the nonsense, the creativity of turns and liguistic puns. I guess I only got half of them right as a non-native reader of English but I laughed out loud several times. It was a great read and I know now why this book has influenced so many authors and other artists.
To read more about the book's history, symbolism or reception visit its wikipedia-page, it even has a list of all the characters and small articles about them.
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