What Is It About Alice?

Alice can be funny, fascinating, amusing and admirable all at the same time. We feel sympathy when she repeatedly fails to get into the garden because she is either too large to get through the door or too small to reach the key that would unlock the door. We empathise with her sense of frustration when she is confronted by the seemingly unhelpful Caterpillar. Her surreal conversations with herself make us laugh because they are the stuff of standup comedy. But she earns our respect for her humanitarian concern for the safety of the Duchess's baby and, later in the book, the fate of those cards ordered to be beheaded by the Queen of Hearts.

Alice symbolises the little child in every adult: possessing not only insatiable curiosity which prompts her to chase metaphoric white rabbits but also the youthful innocence which causes moments of identity crisis in a world of ambivalent adult values.

Lewis Carroll has created a universal icon in Alice - a unique character with whom people of all ages and cultures can identify.

Aliceand the eccentric characters she meets in Wonderland are brought vividly to life in  Storypods' mp3 audiobook of Alice in Wonderland. Alice's voice and English accent are refreshingly clear, young without artificiality and convey a blend of the naivety and sharp intelligence typical of her character. Download the whole audiobook for only £4.95.

Alice in Wonderland - unabridged audiobook (3h 30min)

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