| Wonderland | |
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| Alice's Adventures in Wonderland location | |
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 Coat of Arms of Wonderland | |
| First appearance | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland |
| Created by | Lewis Carroll |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| In-universe information | |
| Other name(s) | Underland |
| Type | Monarchy |
| Ruled by | Queen of Hearts |
| Locations | Rabbit hole, March Hare's house, Queen's Croquet Ground |
| Character(s) | White Rabbit,Duchess,Cheshire Cat,the Hatter,March Hare,Mock Turtle,Queen of Hearts |
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Wonderland is the setting forLewis Carroll's 1865 children's novelAlice's Adventures in Wonderland.
Wonderland, thesurreal and whimsical setting ofAlice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, is a place where conventional geography and logic are turned upside down. Alice enters this bizarre world through a rabbit hole, leading her to a hall of doors, each offering passage to different, unpredictable parts of Wonderland. This dreamlike landscape includes a beautiful but initially inaccessible garden, a pool formed by Alice's own tears, and amagical mushroom with the power toalter her size. The geography further unravels with scenes like theMad Hatter's perpetualtea party, set at an endlessly long table outdoors, and theQueen of Hearts’croquet ground, whereflamingos serve as mallets andhedgehogs as balls. The courtroom, where Alice witnesses an absurd trial, encapsulates the chaotic and arbitrary nature of Wonderland. Throughout her journey, Alice navigates a constantly shifting environment that mirrors her inner experiences, emphasizing themes of transformation,disorientation, and the challenges of growing up in a world where nothing is as it seems.
In the story, Wonderland is accessed by an underground passage, and Alice reaches it by travelling down arabbit hole.[1] While the location is apparently somewhere beneathOxfordshire, Carroll does not specify how far down it is, and he has Alice speculate whether it is near thecenter of the Earth or even at theAntipodes.[2]
The land is heavilywooded and growsmushrooms. There are well-kept gardens and substantial houses such as those of theDuchess and theWhite Rabbit. Wonderland has aseacoast where theMock Turtle lives.
The land is nominally ruled by theQueen of Hearts, whose whimsical decrees ofcapital punishment are routinely nullified by theKing of Hearts. Other kings and queens are mentioned as their guests, and are implied to be the kings and queens of the othercard suits. There is at least one Duchess.
The main population consists of animatedplaying cards: the royal family (hearts), courtiers (diamonds), soldiers (clubs), and servants (spades). In addition, there are manytalking animals.
Among the characters Alice meets are:
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Wonderland is featured in many of its adaptions:
Wonderland is featured inOnce Upon a Time and its spin-offOnce Upon a Time in Wonderland. In this series, there are two iterations of Wonderland.
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