Reading Notes: Alice in Wonderland, Part A

Story source: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (1865)

Illustration by Sir John Tenniel

• Witty, meta style of writing
• "(when she thought it over afterwards, it occurred to her that she ought to have wondered at this, but at the time it all seemed quite natural"
• Lots of capitalization that adds emphasis (not sure if it's just a formatting glitch tho)
• Inserting information in parentheses throughout the story
• "Please, Ma'am, is this New Zealand or Australia?' (and she tried to curtsey as she spoke—fancy CURTSEYING as you're falling through the air! Do you think you could manage it?)"
• Really cute/ funny lines showing Alice's innocence/ignorance
• "There was nothing else to do, so Alice soon began talking again. 'Dinah'll miss me very much to-night, I should think!' (Dinah was the cat.)"
• Alice talks to herself often
• "'for it might end, you know,' said Alice to herself, 'in my going out altogether, like a candle. I wonder what I should be like then?'"
• Phrases like "alas" and "fancy" are used often
• "she decided on going into the garden at once, but, alas for poor Alice!"
• "And she tried to fancy what the flame of a candle is like"
• The author gives his own reactions to the plot
• "Poor Alice! It was as much as she could do, lying down on one side, to look through into the garden with one eye"