"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."
“Here! You may nurse it a bit, if you like!” the Duchess said to Alice, flinging the baby at her as she spoke. “I must go and get ready to play croquet with the Queen,” and she hurried out of the room. The cook threw...
Well, I haven't done an Alice in Wonderland piece in a while and I'm sorry about that. As odd as it might sound, I've actually been on vacation and I cut on the non-work-related articles for a while. Now I'm back and I'd like to...
For a minute or two she stood looking at the house, and wondering what to do next, when suddenly a footman in livery came running out of the wood— (she considered him to be a footman because he was in livery: otherwise, judging by his...
Yes, I know. The first time Alice hallucinates being smaller and larger, she drinks. The second time, she eats a mushroom. Whatever you're thinking right now, serious scholars have explored in depth. You have an article here, something else here, and something more here. I'm...
While Alice is conversing with the caterpillar, she's prompted to recite verses, for reasons that are beyond comprehension. She's complaining that she can't remember things and she can't keep the same size, all symptoms of being dreaming, and this is the solution the caterpillar offers:...
Se avete interessi simili ai miei, è probabile che abbiate già sentito parlare di questo titolo, La volpe che amava i libri. Trovate svariati articoli che ne parlano, molta la pubblicità con cui la casa editrice sta spingendo questo titolo, ma ancora pochissime vere recensioni: l'unica...
This is going to be a long one, because we've finally arrived at Chapter V (yeah, we're still just at chapter V) and we meet one of the most beloved characters in the tale: the caterpillar. To be fair, as it often happens with Carroll, the...
Last Sunday we met Bill, who goes down the chimney and comes up the chimney while Alice is stuck into the white rabbit's house. Since the problem of a giant Alice could not be resolved by sweeping her up the chimney, here comes the next...
While Alice is stuck inside the rabbit's house, the main attempt of "resolving" the situation is made by invoking the help of another character: Bill. “Where’s the other ladder?—Why, I hadn’t to bring but one. Bill’s got the other—Bill! Fetch it here, lad!—Here, put ’em up...
Last week we left with Alice all grown up inside the Rabbit's house and now we're in for one of the most iconic scenes in the book, when Alice breaks one of the windows with her hand and reaches down into the Rabbit's garden in...
