On July 4, 1865, Macmillan & Co published a fairy tale called "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." Its author was a certain Lewis Carroll.
This story happened one sunny summer day. A mathematics professor, poet, writer, photographer, linguist and great inventor named Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, his friend Robertson Duckworth and three young daughters of the dean of Oxford University Henry Liddell (their names were Lorina Charlotte Liddell, Alice Pleasence Liddell and Edith) went up the Thames on a boat. Mary Liddell). During the walk, bored children demanded to entertain them with some kind of fairy tale, and Dodgson, gathering his thoughts, started a story about a girl chasing a white rabbit in a vest. Having fallen down a rabbit hole, the girl found herself in a magical land, where she attended a mad tea party, played royal croquet and swam in a sea of her own tears. And exactly three years later, this fairy tale, rewritten and finalized, was published under the title “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.” And its author was signed by Lewis Carroll - this is exactly the pseudonym Dodgson chose for himself, receiving it by translating his name from English to Latin and vice versa.
For a century and a half (and in July 2015, Alice celebrated its 150th anniversary), Lewis Carroll's book has been and remains one of the most interesting books not only for children, but also for adults. Philologists, linguists, mathematicians, psychologists and even physicists write on it scientific works, articles and essays; plays are staged and films are made based on the fairy tale; Several sequels and parodies have been written for “Alice”; and, of course, it inspires artists to create new fantastic drawings.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is one of the most illustrated books in the world, second only to the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm, Charles Perrault and Hans Christian Andersen. Carroll's story, phantasmagoric, full of unusual characters and absurd events, challenges the imagination of artists, and many talented illustrators take it on. It is difficult to list everyone who has ever created drawings for Alice - there are many dozens of them.
The first person to illustrate Alice was, of course, himself Lewis Carroll, who made 38 drawings for his handwritten book “Alice's Adventures Underground.” He gave the book to Alice Liddell for Christmas, accompanying it with a dedicatory inscription: “to my dear girl in memory of a summer day.”
The subsequent history of this manuscript is quite interesting: after the death of her husband, Alice Liddell was forced to sell Carroll's gift. The manuscript was valued at £15,400 at Sotheby's and was purchased by the American collector A. S. Rosenbach. In 1946, the book was again put up for auction and two years later, through the efforts of a group of American philanthropists, it was donated to the British Library, where it is kept to this day.
Touching and naive, Carroll's drawings were not distinguished by great skill. Therefore, when it came to publication, the writer preferred to collaborate with a professional. On the advice of the publisher, Carroll turned to John Tenniel, a cartoonist who worked for the satirical magazine Punch.
The collaboration between Carroll and Tenniel was very fruitful, although not always smooth. So, for example, when asked to use one of his acquaintances as a model, the writer received a rather harsh response, which he later wrote in his diary: “ Mr. Tenniel, the only artist who illustrated my books, flatly refused to draw from life, saying that he did not need it as much as I needed it to solve a mathematical problem -multiplication table!»
Despite the fact that Carroll demanded that the artist completely follow his plan, Tenniel ultimately became the full author in the concept of the book's design and changed a lot. Alice Liddell, the prototype of the book heroine, a short-haired brunette, turned into a long-haired blonde under Tenniel's pen. The artist’s drawings show multiple historical allusions, and his work as a caricaturist is reflected in some of the characters (for example, two symbols of Britain, the lion and the unicorn, were depicted with faces politicians that era - Disraeli and Gladstone). Tenniel created 42 drawings for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and later illustrated the sequel to the fairy tale, Through the Looking Glass. His engravings, made with amazing skill and great talent, are now considered canonical and are the most recognizable and sought-after illustrations for Alice.
In 1907, when Carroll lost the copyright to the book, several publishing houses began publishing the popular story. "Alice" was produced with drawings by various artists, including Peter Newell, Amy Sowerby, Charles Robinson, Arthur Rackham.
Arthur Rackham, a British artist who illustrated a huge number of children's (and other) books: among his works were Shakespeare's "A Dream in summer night", "Ondine", "The Wind in the Willows", "Peter Pan" and the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm. He could not ignore Carroll's magical story, creating 20 illustrations - these were the first drawings for Alice, made in color. Elegant and whimsical, they are full of carefully crafted small details and flowing lines that distinguished the Art Nouveau style that was then in fashion. Rackham's Alice is not a nice little girl, but almost a teenager, fair-haired and femininely soft; and her wonderland is a little melancholic and looks incredibly alive and voluminous, thanks to the artist’s attention to the depiction of nature. It is not surprising that Rackham's illustrations are almost as popular as the classic Tenniel engravings, only slightly inferior to them.
The greatest of the surrealists, the Spanish artist, could not help but illustrate the absurdist tale Salvador Dali. In 1969, a publication was published in New York, supplemented by 13 drawings by the famous graphic artist. None of them have a portrait of the main character - only a thin black figure holding a jump rope in her hands, as if frozen in the moment. But Dali’s illustrations could not do without his favorite artistic symbols: you can see melting clocks and butterflies flying to the sides. Despite the fact that the most successful illustrations in Dali’s career are considered to be the drawings for “The Songs of Maldoror,” his “Alice” is no less amazing. The artist managed to express in his own style the essence of Carroll’s fairy tale: a dream that a little girl once had while dozing off on the river bank.
Among the illustrators of “Alice” there were also those whom we know more as writers than artists. There are at least two of them: Tove Janson And Mervyn Peak.
The Scandinavian storyteller, everyone’s favorite mother of the Moomins, created 56 drawings of “Alice” for the 1966 edition, published in Finland, among which were color and black and white pictures, melancholy in Jansson’s style, with her typical big-eyed fantasy characters, many of which resemble the inhabitants of another magical land - Moomin Valley. The Briton Mervyn Peake, known for his series of books called “Gormenghast” - a story about a huge dark castle full of intrigue and secrets - was not only an outstanding writer, but also an excellent artist. His black and white drawings for “Alice” were created with great talent and love. At first glance they seem a little dark, but if you look closely you can see how friendly his Hatter is and how carefully the arrogant Duchess is drawn. Peake's drawings are reminiscent of Tenniel's engravings, however, not constrained by the rigid Victorian canons of book illustration - when each drawing had to reflect the events in the text as accurately as possible - the artist shows more freedom and imagination. Which is undoubtedly only for the better.
In Russia, the history of the publication of “Alice” dates back to 1879. “Sonya in the Kingdom of Diva” was the name of a small book printed in the printing house of A.I. Mamontov in Moscow. The name of the author, as well as the name of the translator, was not indicated, but the publication came with original Tenniel illustrations. Before the revolution, several more translations were made, and all of them were published with drawings by foreign artists - mainly Tenniel and Robinson. And illustrations specifically for the Russian edition appeared only in 1923, when the Gamayun publishing house published the book in a free translation by a certain V. Sirin. Vladimir Nabokov, a big fan of Carroll, was hiding under a sonorous pseudonym, and he made illustrations for the publication Sergey Zalshupin(in emigration he went by the name Serge Shubin).
In the USSR, “Alice” was illustrated by many famous artists, including Vladimir Alfeevsky, Gennady Kalinovsky and Viktor Chizhikov.
Gennady Kalinovsky, winner of a large number of prestigious awards in the field of illustration, made several series of drawings for Carroll’s story. The first of them was published in 1974 and complemented the retelling of Boris Zakhoder - it was these black and white illustrations, original and masterfully executed, that brought Kalinovsky wide fame. He later did illustrations for various editions of Carroll's books (in 1977 and 1979), and for the 1988 reissue he made the illustrations in color. Famous and beloved illustrator Victor Chizhikov, familiar to us from the drawings for the books of Nosov, Zakhoder and Uspensky, treated Carroll’s story with special trepidation. His black and white illustrations for “Alice” were published in 1971-1972 in the magazine “Pioneer”, and later, almost 40 years later, were republished in color. About the 2012 edition, Chizhikov himself said: “Just as every actor dreams of playing the role of Hamlet, so every artist dreams of making drawings for Lewis Carroll’s book “Alice in Wonderland”... I would really like the fate of this publication to be happy. I played my own Hamlet, but whether I was successful in this role is for you to judge.” The illustrations, however, were a success: bright, lively, he turned Carroll’s fairy tale into a funny story, which children listen to with particular eagerness, looking at the funny pictures.
Nowadays, the interest of artists in the fairy tale about the girl who fell down the rabbit hole has not subsided at all. Artists unfettered by conventions give free rein to their imagination, creating new, fantastic illustrations.
Among them, a supporter of classical drawing, the Australian artist, stands out Robert Ingpen, who illustrated many children's books: "Treasure Island", "A Christmas Carol", "Peter Pan", "The Secret Garden" and, of course, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland".
His muted colors, slightly blurry drawings seem to be inspired by sunny autumn, rather than a hot summer afternoon, and resemble a dream more than reality. Rodney Matthews, a British artist known for his work on music album covers, also illustrated Alice. His drawings are amazing. The artist chose bright, rich colors, an unusual, distorted perspective and created truly futuristic landscapes. If Wonderland were somewhere on Mars, then, undoubtedly, it would look exactly like this. The illustrations create a completely different impression. Rebecca Dotremer. The talent of the French artist is undeniable: her drawings are made with great attention to detail and color, and her Alice - a dark-haired girl who looks like a young Audrey Tautou - travels through an amazingly beautiful, surreal Wonderland, in which there is not a drop of the spirit of Victorian England, but France is visible years like the 80s.
One can talk endlessly about the drawings for “Alice,” and if you start listing the names of artists, you risk never stopping. Not only because over 150 years Carroll’s tale has been illustrated by a huge number of people, but also because every year publishing houses open new names. Perhaps in Russia they will never publish “Alice” with drawings by Kim Min Ji or Eric Kincaid, just as in Japan or Israel they are unlikely to publish a book with illustrations by Yerko. But knowing how huge the galaxy of artists are who are in love with the fairy tale about a girl who fell down a rabbit hole, it’s hard to imagine what amazing illustrations publishers will one day delight us with.
This essay will focus on the prototypes of "Alice", and will also touch upon the problem of the perception of child nudity in art and photography of the Victorian era.
And about fairies, of course, where would the 19th century be without them!
There are several prototypes of the character of two "Alices" - "Alice in Wonderland" and "Alice Through the Looking Glass". The first of the books is undoubtedly dedicated to the daughter of the dean of Christ Church College, Henry Liddell.
The acquaintance with the Liddell sisters took place on April 25, 1856, when the future author of the cult book about adventures in Wonderland was photographing the cathedral; at that time Alice was almost four years old. Charles Dodgson* wrote in his diary: “The three girls were in the garden almost all this time, and we easily became friends; we tried to place them in a group in the foreground, but they turned out to be very restless. I mark this day with the sign of a stone.” With this sign he marked only meetings with outstanding people or events of exceptional importance.
Alice at age 8, 1860, photo by Lewis Carroll
Years passed, the friendship with the girls grew stronger, and on July 4, 1862, an entry dear to all Alisomaniacs appeared in the diary of Charles Dodgson: “With Duckworth and the three Liddell girls, we went up the river to Godstow, drank tea on the shore and got home only at a quarter past eight, we arrived came to me and showed the girls a collection of photographs, and at about nine they were delivered to the dean’s apartment.”
It was on this day, at Alice’s request, that a fairy tale was invented about the adventures of a little girl in the Underground Country, where you can get by successfully falling into a rabbit hole.
The first manuscript of Alice's Adventures Underground (approximately eighteen thousand words) was handwritten by Carroll and decorated with thirty-seven drawings made by himself. The author completed the manuscript in February 1863 and sent it to Alice's home in November 1864.
Soon, at the insistence of friends, Carroll begins negotiations to publish the fairy tale at his own expense. In the new version of the manuscript, the number of words increased to thirty-five thousand. Tom Taylor, the future editor of Punch, introduces the writer to the artist John Tenniel. But this is already material for the next post.
In the original handwritten copy of the tale, Alice's Adventures Underground (which was published in facsimile more than thirty years later), the author pasted a photograph of little Alice Liddell on the last page.
But if we look at Carroll's drawings, we see a completely different Alice. Before us appears a girl with slightly curly hair below her shoulders, her hair color is much lighter than that of Alice Liddell, and there is no similarity in her facial features.
The collaboration between Tenniel and the author of Alice was not easy, the artist complained of “tyranny.” Carroll outlined the desired image of Alice in words and jealously watched its execution. It is believed that he pointed to photographs of three girls as a prototype -
Mary Hilton Badcock
Mary Hilton Babcock
Beatrice Henley
and Alice's younger sister, Edith Liddell.
After much debate about the appearance and details of the heroine’s costume, the writer approved the following image:
Alice by John Tenniel
later version in color:
Alice by John Tenniel
Indeed, the heroine of the fairy tale bears no resemblance to the real Alice. Carroll often photographed not only the Liddell sisters, but many of his friends' children, especially girls.
Edith (left), Lorina (center) and Alice (right)
Lewis Carroll, Fine Art Photography, Liddell-Sisters (Alice right), 1858
About 3,000 photographs by Charles Dodgson (Carroll) have survived, just over half of them depict children, and only 30 photographs depict naked or semi-nude children. Now, in the 21st century, such images may be shocking, but by Victorian standards they were something quite common. In those days, childhood was considered the epitome of innocence and grace.
Evelyn Hatch, 29 July 1879
I want to make it clear right away that we are talking only about children from middle and upper class families. Little hard workers from poor families were forced to work almost equally with adults; they were deprived of childhood, and many of them died early, breaking under the yoke of unbearable worries and trials; girls were often sold to brothels. But they preferred not to notice the life of the “bottom”; wealthy people existed in another world.
All photographs were taken only with permission and in the presence of parents. In one of Carroll's letters to the mother of an eight-year-old girl, discussing plans to photograph the child, he insists that there must be no delay because next year Annie may already be "too old" to pose as the "daughter of Eve" (nude).
“It is a chance not to be lost, to get a few good attitudes of Annie's lovely form and face, as by next year she may (though I much hope won't) fancy herself too old to be a 'daughter of Eve. '"
It wasn't just Carroll who took photographs of naked children. Take a look, for example, at a photograph of little Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, the third son of Queen Victoria of Great Britain.
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connau by photographer Leonida Caldesi, 1857
Or another striking example. Perhaps the most famous photograph of Frank Sutcliffe, “The Water Rats,” was taken in 1886. It became so popular that the Prince of Wales, the future King Edward VII, ordered a large copy of this photograph for himself.
Water Rats by Frank Meadow Sutcliffe, 1886
Children were considered the embodiment of innocence, purity and beauty. But the period of childhood was short. From the age of 13, it was unacceptable for a girl to be alone with a man, wear short dresses and behave spontaneously; from the age of 15-16 she was considered an adult. Although it was possible to marry without parental consent only after reaching the age of 21, parents often gave consent to marriage or engagement much earlier, for example, Queen Victoria's eldest daughter was engaged at the age of fourteen.
It should be noted that in 1875, the age of sexual consent in Great Britain was raised to 13 years (hard to believe, but previously it was only 10-12 years old!), and after a series of sensational exposés about child prostitution, the age of consent was raised to 16 years. this only happened in 1885.
Therefore, it was important for the photographer to photograph children who had not yet entered puberty.
Portrait of Edith (left), Lorina (center) and Alice (right) Liddell, 1860
“Lewis Carroll was unbearable as a photographer; children. The photographs that have survived to this day certainly justify his zeal.
He tried through third parties to obtain permission to photograph Queen Victoria, but to no avail. He addressed the Prince of Wales personally, and the story about this leaves a sad aftertaste. The prince (the future Edward VII) had just returned from America and, like everyone else, was completing his education at Christ Church College. In December 1860, Queen Victoria unexpectedly visited the college, and in the evening a reception was held at the dean's. Carroll seemed to feel uncomfortable there: “I chose the moment to remind General Bruce of his promise to introduce me to the Prince, which he did as soon as there was a pause in the conversation between His Royal Highness and Mrs. Fellows. He graciously extended his hand to me, and I began by apologizing for my importunity about taking photographs. He commented on the weather not being favorable for this activity, and I asked if photographers had bothered him in America; he replied that they bothered him, but he did not really give in to them. I talked about a new American method in which you can take 12 thousand pictures per hour.
Alice, Ina, Harry & Edith Liddell, spring 1860
At that moment Edith Liddell passed by, and I noticed that you can make lovely compositions with children; he agreed with me, said that he had seen my photographs of children and he really liked them. Then I expressed my desire to get his autograph on a postcard with his portrait. He promised. Thinking it was time to end the conversation, I assured him that he would do me honor if he wished to receive copies of any of my photographs. He thanked me, and I walked away because I didn’t notice any desire on his part to continue the conversation.”
In November of the same year, he photographed the Crown Prince of Denmark and certified him (not without some vulnerability) as “undoubtedly a brighter representative of the monarchy than his relative,” the Prince of Wales: the memory of the refusal must still have tormented him. The following year, the queen’s own praise reached him in a roundabout way: “Received a letter from Mrs. Reed, which included a note from Lady A. Stanley (the rector’s wife Westminster Abbey) to Lady A. M. Dawson, where she says that she showed my photographs to the Queen and was instructed to convey that “Her Majesty admires them.” Such photographs are in the taste of the Prince Consort and would give him great pleasure." **
Photography at that time was often inspired by painting. Carroll adored Gertrude Thompson’s drawings, he invited the artist to illustrate his book “Three Sunsets and Other Poems,” Thompson agreed and later even became a friend of the writer.
Lewis Carroll, "Three Sunsets, and other poems ... With twelve fairy-fancies by E. Gertrude Thomson", London, 1898, page 80
It must be said that Gertrude Thompson became famous for her images of fairies and little folk. It is illustrative to cite here some of her illustrations for Carroll's book in the context of the perception of child nudity in the Victorian era. It seems that the little people happily shared the happy privilege of the children, since these drawings did not shock anyone, on the contrary, they were touched and admired.
Lewis Carroll, "Three Sunsets, and other poems ... With twelve fairy-fancies by E. Gertrude Thomson", London, 1898, page 51
Lewis Carroll, "Three Sunsets, and other poems ... With twelve fairy-fancies by E. Gertrude Thomson", London, 1898, page 32
The surge of interest in magical world precisely in the 19th century - the century of the heyday of scientific knowledge and rationality, which we often associate with steampunk aesthetics. Yes, Victorians had a passion for fairies!
In 1922, Arthur Conan Doyle, the famous writer and certified physician, published the book “The Phenomenon of the Fairies”, here is an excerpt from this work: “There is a whole people who can be as numerous as the human race, which leads its own life and separated from us by some difference in vibrations."
Lewis Carroll, "Three Sunsets, and other poems ... With twelve fairy-fancies by E. Gertrude Thomson", London, 1898, page 46
Lewis Carroll, "Three Sunsets, and other poems ... With twelve fairy-fancies by E. Gertrude Thomson", London, 1898, page 40
The surge of interest gave rise to numerous images of the small people, which delighted Lewis Carroll. There are several known poems by the writer dedicated to magical creatures, the first of them, written by the 13-year-old author, depicts a very strict and forbidding fairy - My Fairy. An adult writer sent poetic greetings to his child friends on behalf of the fairies - Christmas-Greetings from a Fairy to a Child (Christmas greetings for a child from a fairy).
“When in London, Carroll often visited Gertrude Thomson in her studio, where she drew her “fairies” from life. Carroll also drew children who came to her; she corrected his drawings and explained things to him.
Soon Carroll invited her to come photograph “living fairies.” In her memoirs, written after Carroll's death, Gertrude talks about his spacious studio on the roof of the college, where there were costumes everywhere in which Carroll photographed the children (they loved these disguises). During frequent breaks, all the young models had a snack and listened to the fairy tales that he told them, and toys were taken out of the huge cabinet in the studio - clockwork wrestlers, rabbits, bears, etc. “We sat on the floor, Lewis Carroll, fairies, animals , I... How we had fun during these hours! How loudly his laughter rang out! And what wonderful nonsense he told! It was like entire pages from “Alice,” only much more delightful, because his voice and smile enchanted us all. I tried more than once to remember his stories and write them down. It was impossible - just as impossible as catching a flash of color on sunlit water or catching a passing rainbow. It was something mysterious, elusive, like an autumn cobweb, and to capture it in the words that we use would mean to deprive everything of life and grace, to completely destroy everything ... "
They saw each other often during these years and often worked together. Sometimes Carroll would bring his camera equipment to Gertrude's studio and photograph the children while she painted them. Sometimes Gertrude came to Oxford and spent the day there; he took photographs, she sketched his young friends for him. ***
Lewis Carroll, "Three Sunsets, and other poems ... With twelve fairy-fancies by E. Gertrude Thomson", London, 1898, page 70
Lewis Carroll, "Three Sunsets, and other poems ... With twelve fairy-fancies by E. Gertrude Thomson", London, 1898, page 84
“Well, secondly, the following question arises: when is the best time to see fairies and other magical folk? I, perhaps, can answer this question for you.
The first rule here is this: the day must be very hot - there’s no point in arguing about that; and you should be slightly sleepy - but not too much, so don’t forget that your eyes shouldn’t close. And, of course, you should be in an “otherworldly” mood - the Scots call such a mood “ghostly”, or even “otherworldly” - maybe this sounds better; Well, if you don’t know what this means, I’m unlikely to be able to explain it to you, wait until you see the fairy, then you’ll understand.”
It seems that a large part of Victorian society shared the idea expressed in the quote by D.M. Barry: “Every time you say you don”t believe in fairies, a fairy dies” - As soon as someone says: “Nonsense, there are no fairies,” one of them immediately falls dead.
Lewis Carroll, "Three Sunsets, and other poems ... With twelve fairy-fancies by E. Gertrude Thomson", London, 1898, page 65
Lewis Carroll, "Three Sunsets, and other poems ... With twelve fairy-fancies by E. Gertrude Thomson", London, 1898, page 76
Carroll's tender feelings for Alice Liddell waned after the publication of the book, it degenerated into reserved politeness. "Through the Looking Glass" already had a different Alice - Alice Theodora Raikes, at that time she was eight years old. She later recalled:
“One day, hearing my name, he called me over and said: “So you are Alice too. This is very good. Come to me, I’ll show you something very mysterious.” We went with him to a house with the same door to the garden as ours and ended up in a room filled with furniture, with a tall mirror in the corner. “Come on,” he said, handing me an orange, “in which hand are you holding it?” “On the right,” I answered. “Now,” he continued, “go to that mirror and tell me in which hand the girl you see there is holding the orange.” After some thought, I answered: “On the left.” “Right,” he said, “how do you explain it?” I couldn’t explain, but something had to be said, and I decided: “If I were on the other side of the mirror, then, probably, the orange would be in my right hand again, right?” I remember he laughed: “Well done, Alice.” Your answer is the best so far"
We didn't talk about it anymore; However, several years later I learned that, according to him, this conversation gave him the idea of “Through the Looking Glass,” a copy of which he sent me at one time along with his other books.” **
And "The Hunting of the Snark" was inspired by his friendship with the "little barefoot girl" Gertrude Chattaway.
Gertrude Chataway about 9 years old, photographed by Lewis Carroll
In December 1891, fifty-nine-year-old Carroll wrote in his diary: “Since Mrs. Hargreaves, the first “Alice,” is now visiting her father, I invited her to tea. She couldn’t make it, but she did me the honor of stopping by briefly during the day with Rhoda.” And a completely different tone in a letter to Gertrude, a few days later:
“My dear old friend! (Friendship is old, but a child never grows old.) I wish you a happy New Year and much, much happiness in the future to you and your loved ones. However, first of all - to you: I know you better and love you more. I pray for your happiness, dear child, on this joyful New Year and for many years to come." **
It turns out that little Alice Liddell was the first lucky enough to become Carroll’s child-friend; she and the other girls simply embodied the ideal image of a “child friend.” This was also served by the ideal image of “Alice”, which the writer tried to capture in his photographs - a thoughtful look, slightly curly hair from light brown to chestnut shade below the shoulders, age up to nine years.
This is especially noticeable in photographs colored according to the clear instructions of the author.
Beatrice Hatch, 30 July 1873
Photograph taken by Lewis Carroll, then colored by Anne Lydia Bond on Carroll's instructions
Henderson Annie and Frances, July 1879
Photograph taken by Lewis Carroll, then colored on Carroll's instructions
The question is: how to achieve the perfect photo?
Carroll: "Just put Xie Kitchin in front of the lens."
"The Prettiest Doll in the World", Alexandra "Xie" Rhoda Kitchin by Lewis Carroll July 5, 1870
Carroll described his heroine in the article “Alice on the Stage” (“The Theatre”, April, 1887):
“What were you, Alice, in the eyes of your adoptive father? How should he describe you? Loving first of all; loving and tender - loving like a dog (forgive the prosaic comparison, but I don’t know any other love that would be as pure and beautiful), and tender as a doe; and then courteous - courteous towards everyone, whether high or low, majestic or funny, King or Caterpillar, as if she herself were a royal daughter, and her dress was pure gold; and also trusting, ready to accept all the most incredible things with that conviction that is familiar only to dreamers; and finally, inquisitive - inquisitive to the extreme, with that taste for Life that is available only to a happy childhood, when everything is new and good, and Sin and Sadness are just words - empty words that mean nothing!
It seems that the writer was sure that children (especially girls) live in a special, wonderful world, but they inevitably grow up and leave Wonderland. Carroll himself managed to avoid this.
P.S. Unfortunately, Gertrude Thompson's fairy illustrations do not excite me. If you want to see images of the wonderful people, I recommend the following posts.
Professor of Mathematics Lewis Carroll wrote a famous fairy tale "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" when he was 32 years old. Date of birth of this strange but beloved fable 1865, already more 150 years has passed since it was written, and the heroes of the magical land still excite the minds of viewers and readers. 41 times the book was filmed in one form or another "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", these were films, short films, cartoons, shows, performances, and even anime.
this week "Alice in Wonderland" My brain was also excited, and this happened after I asked my fourteen-year-old daughter to write some article for me on the site, she chose a film "Alice in Wonderland" 2010 release. The first draft of the article was ready instantly, but I just had to reconsider this fairy tale myself in order to understand for myself who he is and how he differs from Bandersnatch why did Alice not want to marry Hemisha, and how Hatter was able to avoid execution.
Honestly, as a child the story of the onlooker Alice I was not at all impressed, although there was always a general excitement around this sensible girl, the only thing I always liked was how long Alice flew, falling down a rabbit hole, and how she then grew large, then shrank to the size of a mouse, eating or drinking various magical potions.
And now we will dwell in more detail on the description of the main characters of the film "Alice in Wonderland" directed Tim Burton and released in 2010, not all the characters were played by actors, but each of them is unusual, mysterious and eye-catching. If the plot of the film itself is not intriguing, then watching the characters and colorful landscapes created by computer graphics is a great pleasure. This is a real fairy tale, stills from the film "Alice in Wonderland" adequately decorate one of the articles on my site. By the way, the film "Alice in Wonderland" takes so far 22nd place on the list of the world's highest-grossing films.
Book Alice was only seven years old, but in the film the girl had already grown up, she 19 years old and her journey to the magical camp is not the first. Alice played Mia Wasikowska- Australian actress, this was her first leading, starring role, after which the actress was noticed by directors, and her career skyrocketed, and now Mia Wasikowski They offer practically only the main roles.
Although it should be noted that many viewers were disappointed by the sickly pallor Alice, her dark circles around her eyes and her unemotional acting. There were a lot of negative reviews and sighs at the movie show regarding the fact that this is not the same Alice, which the audience pictured in their imagination. But in my opinion this one Alice you just have to get used to it, and already ten years after the film was released "Alice in Wonderland" no one else Alice he simply cannot imagine. It seems to me that Mia Wasikowska was taken to contrast with the world of the Wonderland. The fairyland is bright, because of the oppression of the Red Queen, everything has plunged into twilight, the colors have been saturated with darkness, and against the backdrop of all this there must be something pale and painfully fragile - and this something - Alice performed Mia Wasikowska.
Role Mad Hatter played Johnny Depp, the character turned out to be bright and memorable. Both old and young - everyone loves it very much Johnny Depp, and I also have a very warm attitude towards this actor, he is original and unique, like, in general, all his characters, and he was no exception Mad Hatter in his performance. Between characters Alice And Mad Hatter a tender feeling supposedly arises.
Johnny Depp very friendly with the director Tim Burton, he is even godfather his children: son Billy and daughter Nell.
Red Queen, she's the same Queen of Hearts she's the same Iracebeta of Marmoreal- the main villain of the fairy tale "Alice in Wonderland", this tyrant constantly shouts the phrase: “Head off my shoulders!” Because Red Queen ugly - because of her excessively huge head, her subjects, in order to please her, visually artificially disfigure themselves by putting on all sorts of fake things - such as false noses, ears, bellies and chins.
Character Chervonnaya or Red Queen performed Helena Bonham Carter- director's muse Tim Burton. Tim And Helena started dating in 2001 and at the time of filming "Alice in Wonderland" this talented couple already had two children together. But in 2014, after 13 years of living together, this couple broke up.
White Queen, she's the same Mirana Mramorealskaya. This girl is supposedly the embodiment of kindness and justice, she can make all kinds of magic potions, bat her fluffy eyelashes and win over those with a kind smile. But is it really that simple? White Queen? We will only be able to find out in the second part of the adventure. Alice.
Character White Queen played by American actress Anne Hathaway. For filming "Alice in Wonderland" Anne I had to put on a white wig, whiten my face with whitewash and paint my lips with almost black lipstick. All these manipulations did not add beauty to the actress, but rather disfigured her, but the image White Queen turned out to be brighter and more interesting.
Leo Bill played Hamisha- failed groom Alice. Hamish often suffers from constipation, so be Alice his wife, she would have to carefully monitor his health.
Role of characters Trulyalya And Tweedledum played by an English comedian Matt Lucas. Matt went bald when he was six years old, this guy is also known to be openly gay.
White rabbit voiced in the Russian version Sergey Makovetsky.
Another big-eared character is called, he is wildly crazy and doesn’t even try to hide it from anyone.
Absolem or Blue caterpillar. This character in the movie "Alice in Wonderland" is the embodiment of wisdom and absolute knowledge. At the end of the movie Absolem turns into a blue butterfly. Voiced by Absolem in Russian version Ilya Lyubimov.
He can teleport, dissolve in the air, and even take on the images of other characters. So in this film he transforms into Hatter in order to save him from execution. always smiles and has a dazzling grin. Voiced this cat in the Russian version Alexander Shirvindt.
Sonya Mouse- one of the participants in the mad tea party.
The frog who quietly devoured the Red Queen's cake and paid for it with his own head.
A dog named Bayard should have found Alice and deliver her to to the red queen, but in the end the kind dog took the side of the brave girl.
Jack of Hearts– henchman Red Queen. When his mistress was sent into long-term exile, he was supposed to be next to her, but in order to avoid spending time with the queen who was in love with him, he tried to kill her. Role Jack of Hearts performed by American actor Crispin Glover.
Monster Bandersnatch attacked Alice and wounded her, but brave Sonya mouse saved Alice punctures Bandersnatch eye. Later Bandersnatch forgiven Alice, which gave him back his eye.
IN Good day Alice must fight with Jabberwocky. This monster has killed many civilians Wonderland.
Brief summary of the film "Alice in Wonderland"
Alice Kingsley- not quite an ordinary girl. She inherited dreaminess and intelligence from her father, and golden curls from her mother. As a child, the girl was tormented by frequent nightmares like this: a hare drinking tea, a smiling cat and a caterpillar blowing rings out of its mouth. Having grown up, Alice still can't get rid of this eternal nightmare. And then the day comes when the dream comes true.
Alice goes with his mother to a social event organized by their friends. Very soon the girl will find out that she was invited there for a reason. Hamish- son of his father's old friend Alice, offers her his hand and heart. This young man was not distinguished by either a flexible mind or the slightest beauty. This engagement was beneficial for his parents. Everyone really hopes that Alice will give his consent. However, the girl runs away to think about the sudden proposal. Hamisha, leaving the entire crowd of invited guests in bewilderment. Running away Alice saw White rabbit, this animal was not quite ordinary, it was dressed in an elegant camisole, and there was a monocle in its eye. leads Alice to a hole, looking into which she stumbles and falls. After a long flight in an unusual hole, the girl lands safely. Finding herself at the bottom of the hole, she sees a strange picture - there is a table in the middle of the room, and the round walls of the room are lined with doors. Almost none of the doors are open, except for only one - the smallest one. Alice can barely fit his head in there. However, the girl notices a flask standing on the table, on which is written "Drink me". Alice does not hesitate and drinks the contents of the bottle, after which he notices that he is decreasing in size. Having finally walked through the door, the girl discovers a bizarre world that barely resembles the real one.
There the girl finds new friends: such as brothersTweedledum And Tweedledum , mouse Sonya And Cheshire cat. Alice finds out that she must save Wonderland from oppression Red Queen, for this she will have to fight in Brave day With Jabberwocky. As soon as she realized that she was in a magical place, Alice and her new friends have to escape from a bloodthirsty monster Bandersnatch. This Red Queen sent her faithful servant Jack of Hearts grab Alice and lead to her.
Hiding from Jack of Hearts- minion Red Queen, Alice goes out onto the lawn where the tea party is taking place, its participants are clearly not themselves. There she meets her future friend - Hatter. He saves the girl from being chased by giving her a shrinking elixir. And here Alice for the first time she realizes that everything that is happening to her is not a dream.
A little later Alice realizes that she really is the one "chosen one" which should expel Red Queen, nicknamed "Bloody Witch" for his cruelty towards his subjects and their frequent executions.
Previously, peace and joy reigned in a magical land. White Queen was kind to everyone and never offended the inhabitants of this wonderful country, but her sister - Red Queen- seized power, after which the dictator decided to burn the entire kingdom to the ground.
White Queen forced to flee and give up the throne to her cruel sister. Alice must win Brave day, because the life of her new friend is at stake - Hatter. And now it comes Brave day.
This is the day of battle White Army And Red. Alice, trusting in himself and his strength, beheads the monster Jabberwocky, thereby bringing victory to the white queen and giving peace to all the inhabitants of the magical land. Bloody Queen she is sent into exile, which should benefit her.
For a job well done White Queen gives Alice an elixir that should send her home if she so chooses. After some thought, the girl nevertheless decides to go home - there are unfinished business and unanswered questions waiting for her. When she returns, she refuses to marry him. Hamisha and decides to continue his father’s work, becoming his old friend’s partner.
But did this fairy tale end there?
Strange, but in their own way cute, the main characters of “Alice in Wonderland” are a diverse gallery of characters that carry deep meaning and have no internal content at all. Critics greeted the work coldly and negatively; no artistic value or significance was noted in the tale. The adventures of a little girl, entangled in her own fantasies, seemed strange and frightening. A decade later, the story received recognition; critics saw in it a rich, specific artistic language, inner meaning, and the charm of the absurd.
Characteristics of the characters “Alice in Wonderland”
Main characters
Alice |
A little girl, an inventor and a dreamer, inquisitive, kind, well-mannered. Her innate trait is curiosity - the cause and effect of everything that happens to the girl. A dreamy and naive girl, she is trying to understand the illusory world she accidentally finds herself in, but no rules or patterns apply there. Only a child is able to sincerely accept the rules of the game and set out on adventures. |
Blue Caterpillar |
A strange creature, like everyone else in Through the Looking Glass. She speaks in riddles, her conclusions are illogical and meaningless. Her speech serves no purpose, only the last piece of advice is useful (how to become bigger or smaller by biting into a mushroom). He tries to help Alice remember the poem, smokes a hookah. She reminds me of an old governess with her grumbling and constant moralizing. |
Cheshire cat |
A relatively harmless character, he smiles, lounges around, and plays with words. His views change depending on the situation, he is cunning and unpredictable. He knows how to disappear in parts and entirely, so he is not afraid that his head will be cut off. |
Hatter |
He makes hats, participates in tea parties, and in court. This character cannot be called gallant or at least polite. Makes comments to the main character, finds fault, is ill-mannered and stupid. His vocabulary is limited and his speech is unintelligible. |
Red Queen |
He keeps all the inhabitants of a magical land in fear, threatens everyone around with execution, and is capricious like a child. Unintelligent and inconsistent in her actions. A collective image of many adults through the eyes of a child. Cunning, loves to follow and eavesdrop, does not tolerate refusals or objections. |
Griffin |
A creature with the features of a lion and an eagle. Accompanies Alice, plays with words, and combines wisdom, simplicity and childishness. |
Turtle Quasi |
Something in common between a turtle and a calf, the character is friendly and talkative. |
Minor characters
In the book “Alice in Wonderland,” the characters spend time aimlessly, wander, make absurd speeches, change appearance or disappear. Their names are quite difficult to translate into Russian, which explains the numerous discrepancies between the original and Russian-language versions. The description of the life and adventures of fairy-tale creatures, as well as their characteristics, is complicated by the complexity of the genre - a fairy tale-dream - a kind of stream of consciousness without laws and boundaries. Despite this, L. Carroll's fairy tale received recognition as the most original work for its dissimilarity and abstraction from reality.
The main characters of the story "Alice in Wonderland" and their characteristics
- Alice. A very smart and funny girl. She is cheerful, honest, kind, but at the same time determined, sometimes even risky.
- White rabbit. Always in a hurry and in a hurry somewhere and at the same time losing everything
- Cheshire cat. A philosopher who can smile and disappear into thin air.
- Queen. The Queen of Hearts wants to chop off everyone's heads.
- King. Stupid and cruel.
- Duchess. Likes to add morality to conversations
- Crazy hare, Dormouse, Hat, I constantly drink tea and are not happy with uninvited guests.
- Alice sees a rabbit
- Alice falls into a hole
- Alice finds a small door
- Alice shrinks and grows
- Alice is crying
- Alice and the birds
- Alice and the rabbit
- Alice in the Rabbit's House
- Alice and the puppy
- Alice and the caterpillar
- Alice bites a mushroom
- Alice grows up
- Alice and Dove
- Alice and the Duchess
- Baby pig
- Cheshire cat
- Alice in the Magic Garden
- Croquet game
- Cheshire cat again
- Griffin and Delicacy
- Underwater school
- Alice wakes up.
- Alice sees a white rabbit, hurries after it and falls into a hole.
- Alice finds herself in a dungeon, grows and shrinks, and meets birds and animals.
- Alice grows up in a rabbit's house, and then meets the Duchess and the Cheshire Cat
- Alice ends up playing croquet with the Queen.
- Alice talks to the Griffin and the Delicacy
- Alice ends up in court, but at the end of the trial she wakes up.
Everything in the world is relative and any question can be given a variety of answers.
What does the fairy tale "Alice in Wonderland" teach?
The fairy tale teaches that we are constantly surrounded by miracles, that we live in a wonderful world, and we just need to be able to notice these miracles. Teaches you to be inquisitive, teaches you to be kind and open, honest and objective.
Review of the fairy tale "Alice in Wonderland"
I really liked this fairy tale. The girl Alice found herself in a strange world, inhabited by complete eccentrics who, at first glance, reason logically and correctly, but the conclusions are very strange. That's why this fairy tale is very funny. There are a lot of interesting puns in it, everything turns upside down, everything seems unreal. I read this story with great pleasure and advise everyone to read about Alice’s adventures.
Proverbs for the fairy tale "Alice in Wonderland"
If only mushrooms grew in your mouth, it wouldn’t be a mouth at all, there would be a whole garden.
Add nonsense to nonsense, multiply it with nonsense, and the result is a complete mess.
Sleep is like wealth, the more you sleep, the more you want.
I slept little, but saw a lot.
Read summary, brief retelling fairy tales "Alice in Wonderland" by chapters:
Chapter 1.
The day started off boring. Alice sat on the river bank with her older sister and was bored.
Suddenly she saw a White Rabbit running past. The rabbit moaned that he was late and looked at his pocket watch.
Alice rushed after the Rabbit and dived into his hole. The hole walked straight at first, but then it turned and Alice fell, as if into a very deep well.
Alice flew for so long that she managed to count how many kilometers to the center of the earth and think about how she should behave in Australia if she flew right through the earth.
She even fell asleep while flying.
But then the flight ended and Alice fell on a pile of brushwood, and when she jumped up, she again rushed in pursuit of the White Rabbit.
But the Rabbit suddenly disappeared, and Alice found herself in a dungeon where there were many closed doors. Alice walked around the entire dungeon and found a small table on which lay the same small key. And behind the curtain she found a small door to which this key went.
Alice opened the door and saw a beautiful garden. All that remained was to decide how to make her smaller.
Suddenly, on the table, the girl saw a bottle with the inscription “Drink me” and of course she drank it. She shrunk and happily ran to the door to the garden. But she forgot the key on the table and now it was impossible to get it.
Alice returned and saw a pie with the inscription "Eat Me." She took a bite, but nothing changed. Then the girl ate the whole pie.
Chapter 2.
Alice began to grow quickly and even said goodbye to her heels.
She took the key, but now again she could not get into the garden through the small door
Alice began to cry and could not stop. And tears flooded the entire dungeon, and now the puddle reached Alice’s ankles.
Then a white rabbit ran past, hurrying to some Duchess, and when it saw Alice, it dropped its gloves and fan. Alice picked up the fan and began to fan herself with it.
She tried to remember her geography lessons, or read poetry, but everything turned out wrong.
At this time, Alice noticed that she had shrunk again. She threw away the fan and ran to the door, but the key was still lying on the table. Alice slipped and fell into the pond that was formed from her tears.
At this time, a mouse swam by, to which Alice addressed as politely as possible: “Oh mouse!”
Then Alice and the mouse talked about cats. Alice really wanted to introduce the mouse to her cat Dina, but realized that it was tactless.
Therefore, she began to talk about the neighbor’s dog, very affectionate and sweet, who caught all the rats, not just us...
The Mouse wanted to run away, but Alice persuaded her to stay. They went out onto land and the Mouse began to tell Alice why she didn’t like those and those.
Chapter 3.
The mouse, Alice and many other birds and animals found themselves wet on the shore.
The mouse decided to dry everyone out with the help of the driest school subject - history, but this did not help much.
Dodo suggested organizing a cross chain of command. He drew a circle and invited everyone to run in it. The animals ran and jostled, and then Dodo stopped them and announced that the competition was over and everyone had won.
The animals asked about prizes and Dodo announced that Alice would present the prizes.
Alice found a bag of sweets in her pocket and gave it to all the animals. But she herself was not enough, and Dodo took the thimble, which was found in Alice’s pocket, and solemnly handed it to the girl.
Then the mouse began to tell why she didn’t like cats and dogs, but discovered that Alice was not listening to her.
The mouse was offended and left, and Alice remembered the cat Dina, who could quickly bring the mouse back.
But as soon as Alice said about the cat, all the birds scattered, and the animals also disappeared under various pretexts.
Alice was left alone again.
Chapter 4.
At this time, the White Rabbit appeared, looking for his gloves and fan. He noticed Alice and named her Mary Anne, and also sent her to his home for gloves.
Alice ran to run the errand, surprised to find herself at the rabbit's beck and call. She thought that Dina would also begin to command her.
In the rabbit's house, Alice found gloves and a fan, but could not resist drinking from a bottle that had no inscription on it. And she began to grow.
Alice grew up very big, a thousand times larger than the rabbit, and found herself a prisoner in the house.
The rabbit could not enter the house through the door, and tried to climb through the window, but Alice wanted to grab him and knocked him over.
The rabbit became worried and called the servants. The servants saw Alice's huge hand and were horrified. But the rabbit demanded that they vacate his house.
And so the servants brought ropes and ladders, and some Bill climbed into the chimney.
Alice didn’t know who was climbing, but when he appeared from the pipe she kicked him. And Bill went down the drain.
The rabbit said that he would have to burn the house, but Alice threatened with Dinka. Then pebbles began to be poured into the house, and when they fell on the floor they turned into cookies. Alice hurriedly ate one cookie and became small again.
She ran out of the house and saw Bill, the newt, being comforted by guinea pigs and other little things. They saw Alice and rushed to her, but the girl ran away.
Alice found herself in a real forest and suddenly met a puppy. True, the puppy was several times larger than Alice, but still very kind. Alice threw him a wand and hastily retreated, deciding that such a puppy might accidentally run over her.
The girl realized that she urgently needed to eat or drink something in order to grow, but there was nothing edible around. Finally she noticed a large mushroom, and on its cap a caterpillar that was smoking a hookah.
Chapter 5.
The worm asked Alice who she was, but Alice herself no longer knew who she was. She tried to tell me that she was constantly shrinking and growing, but she really wanted to be of normal height.
The worm said that she was already of normal height, just as tall as a finger, but Alice said that she was usually taller.
Then the worm advised Alice not to lose her temper and crawled away. In parting, he shouted that if you bite on one side of the mushroom, you will grow, and on the other, you will shrink.
Alice did not immediately understand where the round mushroom had different sides, but then she figured it out and broke off a piece from opposite sides, wherever her hands could reach.
She took one bite and immediately became small. Then she quickly took another bite and began to grow.
Her head ended up on a long and thin neck, and her hands were lost somewhere below - in the green sea of the forest.
The girl wanted to bow her head to her hands, but then the dove attacked her, accusing her of being a snake. And no matter how much Alice tried to prove that she was a simple girl, Dove did not believe her. Moreover, Alice admitted that she also ate eggs for breakfast. The dove came to the conclusion that if girls eat eggs, then they are also snakes, just of a special breed.
Finally, the Dove flew away, and Alice got out of the forest and began to bite off pieces of the mushroom one by one until she became normal size.
Then she went further and saw a small house. Here she had to bite the mushroom again to become the size of a cat.
Chapter 6.
At this time, a crucian footman approached the house and knocked. The door was opened by a tadpole doorman. Karas gave him the package from the queen for the duchess and left. And Tadpole remained standing on the street. Alice went to the door and knocked, but Tadpole said that there was no point in knocking, because he was also on the street.
The tadpole talked for a long time about how long he could stand like this, but Alice did not listen to him, opened the door and entered. She found herself in the kitchen, where the Duchess was cradling the child and the cook was making soup.
There was so much pepper in the room that Alice immediately sneezed. Only the cook and the Cheshire cat, who lay there and smiled, did not sneeze.
This cat greatly surprised Alice, but the duchess said that the girl simply knew very little.
Then the Duchess gave the baby to Alice and Alice went outside. She decided to take the baby with her so that he would not be killed. But the baby suddenly grunted, then again, and Alice saw that it was just a pig.
Then the girl saw a Cheshire cat on a tree. She asked him where she should go, and the cat replied that wherever she went, she would definitely come somewhere. He told Alice where the Crazy Hare and the Hat live. And then he disappeared.
But soon the cat appeared again and asked about the baby. Alice said that the baby turned into a pig. The cat replied that he knew so and disappeared in pieces. The Cheshire Cat's smile was the last to disappear, causing Alice to be surprised again.
Chapter 7.
Alice came to visit the Crazy Hare and bit off a mushroom to grow a little.
The Hare and the Hat were sitting in the house and drinking tea, and the Garden Dormouse was sleeping between them.
Alice began a very strange conversation with the inhabitants of the house. She learned that saying what you mean and thinking what you say are not the same thing.
The Hare and the Hat discussed the stopped clock and came to the conclusion that it was unnecessary to smear it with oil and crumbs.
And Alice learned that there was no time to waste. And therefore, when old man Time was offended by the Hare, he no longer looked at him. And that’s why it’s always 5 o’clock in the house, which means it’s time to drink tea.
Sonya began to tell a fairy tale about the marmalade well, but Alice kept interrupting her and Sonya was offended.
Alice was also offended, got up and left. She saw that the Hare and the Hat were trying to put the Dormouse in the teapot, but did not return.
Alice saw a door in the tree and entered it.
She found herself in that same dungeon with a small door. But now she knew exactly what to do. The girl took the key from the table, took a bite of the mushroom, shrunk and finally found herself in a magical garden.
Chapter 8.
Alice saw how the card gardeners painted white roses red. She asked why they were doing this, and the cards admitted their mistake, they planted the wrong roses.
At this time, Alice saw a procession of a deck of cards, followed by the Queen of Hearts and the King.
The Queen saw Alice and asked who she was. Alice introduced herself. Then the Queen asked who they were, referring to the gardener cards who were lying prostrate. Alice replied that she did not know. The Queen wanted to cut off her head, but Alice boldly replied that this was nonsense and the Queen fell silent.
She ordered the cards to be picked up and their heads cut off, because she saw the overpainted roses.
But Alice put the offending cards in a vase and the soldiers did not find them. Therefore, the soldiers reported to the queen that there was no trace left of the criminals, and everyone was happy.
The Queen invited Alice to play cricket.
On the way to the cricket, Alice talked to the White Rabbit and he said that the Duchess was sentenced to execution because she hit the Queen on the ear.
Finally everyone arrived at the croquet field. Alice did not immediately learn how to handle the flamingos, which acted as hammers, especially since the flamingos were clearly playing along with the Queen. And the hedgehogs constantly ran away from Alice.
Then the head of the Cheshire cat appeared and Alice started talking to him. She complained about the Queen and the game, and the Queen did not like the cat who did not want to kiss her hands.
Therefore, she ordered the Cat's head to be cut off.
But the executioner was in great difficulty - after all, the Cat had one head, but there was no body from which it could be cut off.
Alice advised to contact the Duchess, because the Cat was hers. But when the Duchess was brought in, the Cat disappeared.
Chapter 9
The Duchess started talking with Alice, choosing a moral for each phrase, which was completely meaningless. Alice kept the conversation going for the sake of politeness.
So they argued about whether mustard was a fruit or a mineral, and the Duchess came up with the moral that what happens, must happen.
But then the enraged Queen appeared and the Duchess hastened to disappear.
The game continued, but as the number of players decreased and they were taken away to chop off their heads, soon only the Queen, the King and Alice remained.
The Queen found the sleeping Griffin and ordered him to take Alice to the Delicacy. The griffin announced to the girl that everything was a comedy and that in fact no one was being executed. He led Alice to the seashore, where the sad Delicacy was sitting.
The delicacy began to talk about his childhood and underwater school. Alice said that she also studies at a school that stands on the surface.
But Delicacy just laughed, because in such a school you can only get superficial knowledge, but in the sea they teach even fry something deeper.
The delicacy talked about the disappearances and strange lessons in his school, which became less and less every day, because the disappearances were constantly disappearing.
Chapter 10.
Next, Delicacy began to talk about a crayfish square dance, in which the gentlemen are crayfish and lobsters. And it was a very funny dance, he assured.
Then Delicatessen asked if Alice had seen sardines and the girl almost said that she had seen them on the plate, but she corrected herself in time and said that she had seen sardines in the jar. The delicacy was surprised. After all, he didn’t know that sardines had money.
Alice said that sardines come in oil and that they are headless. He didn’t know anything about Delicacy oil, but he agreed that sardines are headless. After all, sardines were so keen on dancing with lobsters that they regularly lost their heads.
Then Alice read poetry and they all sang songs together, but suddenly the Griffin grabbed Alice by the hand and, shouting “The trial is coming,” dragged her somewhere.
Chapter 11.
They tried the Knave of Hearts, who stood chained before the queen and king.
The king-judge ordered the herald to read the charge. The white rabbit read that Knave is accused of stealing the pies.
Then they began to call witnesses.
The first witness was the Hat. But he talked for a long time about making hats for sale, and at that time Alice began to grow.
The hat continued his stupid story, and the guinea pigs that applauded him were driven out of the courthouse - simply thrown out the window.
Finally the Hatter finished and quickly disappeared before his head was cut off.
Then they called the Cook, who refused to testify and said that the pies were made from pepper.
Sonya corrected her that it was made from marmalade. And they wanted to cut off everyone's heads.
But then the king called the next witness - Alice.
Chapter 12.
Alice hurriedly jumped up and knocked over the jury, because she was so big.
Then she said that she knew nothing about this case. The king said that this was very important, but then corrected himself that it was completely unimportant.
And then he invited everyone who was more than a mile tall to leave the premises. Everyone looked at Alice, but the girl believed that she was less than a mile away and stayed.
At this time, the White Rabbit presented the King with a document he had just found, verses without a signature, and the King announced that the Knave’s guilt had been proven.
Alice was indignant and demanded to read the poems. There was no meaning in the poems and the King decided that the Knave was to blame for this. But Alice was indignant again and grew up a little more.
She began shouting that this was not a trial, but a parody, and that everything around was just cards. And then the cards flew right into her face, and Alice woke up.
She sat on the shore, and her sister brushed dry leaves from her face. Alice told her sister her dream and she laughed cheerfully and sent Alice to drink tea.
Drawings and illustrations for the fairy tale "Alice in Wonderland"