New Adventures of Alice
![]() First edition cover of New Adventures of Alice | |
Author | |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Fantasy novel |
Publisher | |
Publication date | 1917 |
Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
Pages | 160 p. |
New Adventures of Alice is a novel by , written in 1917 and published by P. F. Volland of Chicago. It is, according to Carolyn Sigler, one of the more important "Alice imitations", or novels inspired by Lewis Carroll's Alice books.[1]
The book opens with a little girl, Betsy, wishing for another Alice book. She passes into a dream, and finds in the attic a book which begins with Alice reading Mother Goose rhymes to her kittens, leading to further adventures.
The book features black-and-white line drawings as well as colour plates by the author, who was known for his portraits of Carl Sandburg and Albert Einstein.
Bibliography[]
- Rae, John (2010) New Adventures of Alice. Evertype. ISBN 978-1-904808-53-4
Notes[]
- ^ Sigler, Carolyn, ed. Alternative Alices: Visions and Revisions of Lewis Carroll's "Alice" Books. Lexington, KY, University Press of Kentucky, 1997.
New Adventures of Alice public domain audiobook at LibriVox
Categories:
- 1917 American novels
- 1917 children's books
- 1917 fantasy novels
- American fantasy novels
- American children's novels
- Children's fantasy novels
- Books based on Alice in Wonderland
- Fantasy novel stubs
- 1910s novel stubs