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Alice's adventures in wonderland6/29/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() He added his own illustrations, but approached John Tenniel to illustrate the book for publication, telling him that the story had been well liked by children. He researched natural history for the animals presented in the book, and then had the book examined by other children. ![]() In November that year he began working on the manuscript in earnest. ![]() Dodgson began writing the manuscript of the story the following, elaborating the plot to the story of Alice. The girls loved it, and Alice Liddell asked him to write it down for her. (The girls were 13, 10 and 8 at the time, respectively.)ĭuring the trip, Dodgson told the girls a story about a bored little girl named Alice who goes looking for an adventure. On 4 July 1862, Dodgson, along with Robinson Duckworth, took the daughters of their friend Henry Liddell - Lorina, Alice, and Edith - on a five-mile boat trip from Folly Bridge near Oxford to the village of Godstow.
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