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The Dark Side of Alice in Wonderland - ANGELA YOUNGMAN

The Dark Side of Alice in Wonderland

By: ANGELA YOUNGMAN

Hardcover | 1 May 2021

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Although the children's story Alice in Wonderland has been in print for over 150 years, the mysteries and rumours surrounding the story and its creator Lewis Carroll have continued to grow.

The Dark Side of Alice in Wonderland is the first time anyone has investigated the vast range of darker, more threatening aspects of this famous story and the way Alice has been transformed over the years. This is the Alice of horror films, Halloween, murder and mystery, spectral ghosts, political satire, mental illnesses, weird feasts, Lolita, Tarot, pornography and steampunk. The Beatles based famous songs such as 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds' and 'I am a Walrus' on Alice in Wonderland, while she has even attracted the attention of world famous artists including Salvador Dali. Take a look at why the Japanese version of Lolita is so different to that of novelist Vladimir Nabokov - yet both are based on Alice.

This is Alice in Wonderland as you have never seen her before: a dark, sometimes menacing, and threatening character. Was Carroll all that he seemed? The stories of his child friends, nude photographs and sketches affect the way modern audiences look at the writer. Was he just a lonely academic, closet paedophile, brilliant puzzle maker or even Jack the Ripper? For a book that began life as a simple children's story, it has resulted in a vast array of dark concepts, ideas and mysteries. So step inside the world of Alice in Wonderland and discover a dark side you never knew existed!

About the Author

Angela Youngman is a professional journalist and author living in Norfolk. She is the author of several books including Norfolk: A Dog Walker's Guid, Gardening: A Beginner's Guide, Green Roofs Guide, and Kiddiwalks Norfolk. She is a member of the International Travel Writers Alliance and writes for a range of travel and lifestyle magazines and websites. Angela loves fantasy and reading, and has always been fascinated by Alice in Wonderland in its many guises.

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