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“Well, now that we have seen each other,” said the Unicorn, “if you'll believe in me, I'll believe in you. Is that a bargain?”
“Yes, if you like,” said Alice.
Tweedledum and Tweedledee,
Agreed to have a battle;
For Tweedledum said Tweedledee:Had spoiled his nice new rattle.
Just then flew down a monstrous crow,
As black as a tar-barrel;Which frightened both the heroes so,
They quite forgot their quarrel.
“Alice did not like shaking hands with either of them first, for fear of hurting the other one’s feelings; so, as the best way out of the difficulty, she took hold of both hands at once: the next moment they were dancing round in a ring. This seemed quite natural (she remembered afterwards), and she was not even surprised to hear music playing: it seemed to come from the tree under which they were dancing,”
— Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass
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Child of the pure unclouded brow And dreaming eyes of wonder! Though time be fleet, and I and thou Are half a life asunder, Thy loving smile will surely hail The love-gift of a fairy-tale.
I have not seen thy sunny face, Nor heard thy silver laughter: No thought of me shall find a place In thy young life’s hereafter— Enough that now thou wilt not fail To listen to my fairy-tale.
A tale begun in other days, When summer suns were glowing— A simple chime, that served to time The rhythm of our rowing— Whose echoes live in memory yet, Though envious years would say ‘forget.’
Come, harken then, ere voice of dread, With bitter tidings laden, Shall summon to unwelcome bed A melancholy maiden! We are but older children, dear, Who fret to find our bedtime near.
Without, the frost, the blinding snow, The storm-wind’s moody madness— Within, the firelight’s ruddy glow, And the childhood’s nest of gladness. The magic words shall hold thee fast: Thou shalt not heed the raving blast.
And, though the shadow of a sigh May tremble through the story, For 'happy summer days’ gone by, And vanish’d summer glory— It shall not touch, with breath of bale, The pleasance of our fairy-tale.
-Lewis Carroll
One of my favourite illustrators of Alice in Wonderland - Tove Jansson's style captures the strange fantasy world of Carroll perfectly!
Actually the only thing that would not baffle me about a walrus on my doorstep is if he immediately said "THE TIME HAS COME TO SPEAK OF MANY THINGS..." at which point I would immediately start looking around for a carpenter
"I can think of Six Impossible Things before breakfast." - Alice
First edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Reina Blanca: - Alicia, no puedes vivir complaciendo a otros. La decisión es completamente tuya, porque cuando enfrentes al fin a aquella criatura....deberás hacerlo sola.
-Alicia en el país de las maravillas.
Fun Fact:
The Cheshire Cat was first introduced in Lewis Carroll's novel "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". The character was inspired by an old phrase "Smiling like a Cheshire cat". The origins of that phrase are still debated to this day, but the most widely accepted theory is that it refers to a cat living in the English county of Cheshire, which is known for producing a lot of milk and dairy, which cats love, hence the smiling. Carroll decided to personify the cat from that phrase, he gave it a physical form, a personality and magic powers. In the book, the cat doesn't play quite as large a role as he does in the Disney movie, but the two have very similar characteristics. They talk in really confusing ways that are sometimes funny but also kind of annoying, they raise philosophical questions to Alice even though she clearly doesn't understand them and while they sometimes appear to be making a situation worse for her, they're actually rooting for Alice to succeed and even are helping her indirectly.
Dreamchild by Gavin Millar.
Ian Holm is amazing as Lewis Carroll. But like Return to Oz, so are the Lyle Conway/Jim Henson Creature Shop characters.
Check it out, you won't be disappointed.
yeah sorry forgot to mention that Mary Ann is one of the wonderland characters that did not appear in the Disney movie.😢😔
on the one hand, it is disappointing she did not appear in the final version of the Disney version and I like many people (like you) would wish to see her in the movie, but on the other hand, at least they changed the characters as well the draft of this movie for a tame, modern, and friendlier compared to these characters and draft, because (despite the wonderful art by David Hall) OH MY GOD not only characters look scary and it have a much darker tone of the story, but also the wonderland characters were PSYCHOPATHS! (I'm not kidding!😨😱)
just look at these pictures of our wonderland characters and the tone of the movie:
yeah...😨😱 terrifying, isn't it?
here is my reaction to the 1939 draft of Disney Alice in wonderland:
any thoughts, @endomentendo?
She forgot how food works: RECONED!
Kofi
can we maybe????? stop sexualizing alice from alice in wonderland????? and stop aging her up and shit?? because she’s canonically 7 years old????????
Didn't know Tove illustrated this book. I'll definitely look it up
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll illustrated by Tove Jansson, 1966
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Graphite pencil on 5” x 5” cardstock paper, geekycleary 2023
“Three inches is such a wretched height.” - Alice
3 inch graphite pencil drawing on cardstock paper, geekycleary 2024
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