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Rayna Alsberg's avatar

This is wonderful stuff. Alice was a huge favorite of mine when I was a child, and I returned to it later and did indeed find more to it than previously. The riddle about the raven 🐦‍⬛ and the writing desk was especially captivating even to a kid. I love your answer, BTW. As a former reading teacher, the remarks about the 3 levels of reader are very important.

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DrBDH's avatar

Martin Gardner did a fine job of explaining many of the references in “Alice” that are obscure to us moderns. That is, he placed “Alice” in Carroll’s world, but that doesn’t prevent each reader from bringing their own world to bear when finding what “Alice” means to them, a meaning that may well change as they grow.

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