
On a lazy summer afternoon, a curious girl finds herself restless beside her sister, longing for something more than a quiet riverbank. When a hurried white rabbit in a waistcoat darts past, muttering about being late, she impulsively follows, tumbling down a deep, oddly furnished rabbit‑hole. The descent is slow enough for her to notice shelves of jars and maps, but it ends abruptly on a pile of dry leaves in a dim, endless hallway.
Surrounded by rows of locked doors, she discovers a tiny golden key on a glass table that fits a minuscule door hidden behind a curtain. Opening it reveals a narrow passage that opens onto a breathtaking garden, promising wonder beyond the gloom. As she steps forward, the hall’s strange logic and the promise of fantastical encounters begin to unfold, inviting listeners into a world where size, sense, and language constantly shift.
Language
en
Duration
~55 minutes (53K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Original publisher
Sam'l Gabriel Sons & Company New York
Credits
Produced by Jason Isbell, Irma Spehar, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2006-08-12
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1832–1898
Best known for the Alice books, this shy Oxford mathematician turned logic, wordplay, and dreamlike nonsense into some of the most beloved stories in English. Writing as Lewis Carroll, he created a world where language bends, puzzles sparkle, and childhood feels wonderfully strange.
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