When Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was first published in 1865, it set critics awry: here was a book for children written for the pure pleasure of reading. It has since become one of the most famous children's books ever, translated into many different languages, performed as a play, and made into a popular Disney animated film.

‘A work of glorious intelligence and literary devices … Nonsense becomes a form of higher sense’ 
Malcolm Bradbury, Mail on Sunday