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Rachel Reinhard
Alice's Adventures In Wonderland
Children's Literature

Hidden Messages
While Alice's Adventures In Wonderland gives the impression of being a children's book at first glance, it can in fact be most understood as a book for adults. This extraordinary novel revolves around an intricate kind of nonsense written for British readers of another century. Even though it was theoretically written for children, the book contains symbolism and hidden messages that are uniquely suited for adults. These messages pertain to sexual orientations, the influence of drugs, and both the political system and society of Britain in the Victorian era.
A very peculiar man named Charles Lutwidge Dodgson wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The peculiar part of this very gifted man was that he had a dual identity. Most of the time he was Charles Lutwidge Dogson the mathematic professor who was shy, stammering and did not like to socialize with people of his own age, but on......

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