New Adventures of Alice

{{Short description|1917 novel by John Rae}}

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| author = John Rae

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| country = United States

| language = English

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| genre = Fantasy novel

| publisher = P. F. Volland

| release_date = 1917

| media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)

| pages = 160 p.

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New Adventures of Alice is a novel by John Rae, written in 1917 and published by P. F. Volland of Chicago.{{Cite web |title=New Adventures of "Alice", by John Rae {{!}} The Online Books Page |url=https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book//lookupid?key=olbp88571 |access-date=2023-06-07 |website=onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu}} It is, according to Carolyn Sigler, one of the more important "Alice imitations", or novels inspired by Lewis Carroll's Alice books and is one of the earliest known examples of fan fiction.Sigler, Carolyn, ed. Alternative Alices: Visions and Revisions of Lewis Carroll's "Alice" Books. Lexington, KY, University Press of Kentucky, 1997.

The book opens with a little girl, Betsy, wishing for another Alice book. She passes into a dream, and finds in the attic a book which begins with Alice reading Mother Goose rhymes to her kittens, leading to further adventures.

The book features black-and-white line drawings as well as colour plates by the author, who was known for his portraits of Carl Sandburg and Albert Einstein.

Bibliography

  • Rae, John (2010) [http://www.evertype.com/books/alice-rae.html New Adventures of Alice]. Evertype. {{ISBN|978-1-904808-53-4}}

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