New Adventures of Alice

New Adventures of Alice is a novel by John Rae, written in 1917 and published by P. F. Volland of Chicago.[1] It is, according to Carolyn Sigler, one of the more important "Alice imitations", or novels inspired by Lewis Carroll's Alice books.[2]

New Adventures of Alice
First edition cover of New Adventures of Alice
AuthorJohn Rae
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreFantasy novel
PublisherP. F. Volland
Publication date
1917
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages160 p.

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 edit

  • Rae, John (2010) New Adventures of Alice. Evertype. ISBN 978-1-904808-53-4

Notes edit

  1. ^ "New Adventures of "Alice", by John Rae | The Online Books Page". onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
  2. ^ Sigler, Carolyn, ed. Alternative Alices: Visions and Revisions of Lewis Carroll's "Alice" Books. Lexington, KY, University Press of Kentucky, 1997.