Alice in Wonderland was written by Lewis Carroll. There are many "legends" as to how this story originated, but the fact remains that no matter when and where Lewis Carroll got inspired to write the story that Alice in Wonderland is one of the most memorable children's stories of all times.
'Lewis Carroll' was the pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson who was born on January 17, 1832.
Alice in wonderland was written for Alice Liddell, a special friend of Lewis Carroll.
The first illustrator of Alice in wonderland was Lewis Carroll. He drew his own sketches in the manuscript.
In April 1864, John Tenniel agreed to illustrate Alice's adventures in wonderland. Lewis Carroll sent Tenniel a photograph of a young girl, Mary Hilton Badcock, to use as a model in his illustrations of the Alice books.
In July 1865, the first edition of Alice's Adventures in wonderland is published. A few weeks later, the books are recalled because Tenniel is unsatisfied with the quality. The unbound sheets of the first edition were sold to American publishers and published in 1866.
The second edition of Alice's Adventures in wonderland was published in November 1865, but they were dated 1866.
John Tenniel was very hesitant to illustrate Carroll's second book, Through the Looking Glass, but eventually agreed to work with him again.
Through the looking glass was published in the fall of 1871�just in time for Christmas.
Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass are the most universally recognized and acclaimed Victorian works for children.
Alice in Wonderland and Through the looking Glass are the most widely quoted books after the Bible and the works of Shakespeare.
By the summer of 1866, Carroll Began trying to get Alice's Adventures in wonderland translated into German and French. Both were published in 1869. The first Russian translation was 1879.
Between 1869 and 1930 there were over two hundred literary imitations, revisions, and parodies of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland.
In 1907, the British copyright of Alice's adventures in wonderland expired, and there was an increase in new editions and illustrations of the novel�eight new editions were published in 1907 alone.
Over a hundred different artists have illustrated Lewis carroll's Alice in wonderland and Through the looking glass since their publication in 1865 and 1871.
Some of the languages Alice in wonderland has been translated into are: Afrikaans, Arabic, Bengali, Braille, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Esperanto, Finnish, French, german, greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Kanarese, Korean, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Oriya, Pidgin, Polish, Portuguese, Rumanian, Russian, Serbian, Shorthand, Slovenian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Umbundu, Urdu, and Welsh.
There are many web resources on Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. I have tried to represent some of them. My list is by no means exhaustive or conclusive.
General Resources About Alice
Key People in the Creation of Alice
Reading Alice online
Studying Alice
Playing with Alice
Illustrating Alice
Translating Alice
Filming Alice
Listening to Alice
Teaching Alice