{"id":416,"date":"2003-01-20T21:59:49","date_gmt":"2003-01-20T21:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/raleighnet.org\/wordpress\/?p=416"},"modified":"2003-01-20T21:59:49","modified_gmt":"2003-01-20T21:59:49","slug":"backgrounder-on-alice-in-wonderland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gator3134.temp.domains\/~raleigh2\/2003\/01\/20\/backgrounder-on-alice-in-wonderland\/","title":{"rendered":"Backgrounder on Alice in Wonderland"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alice in Wonderland has always seemed to me to be the most adult of children’s stories. Maybe it’s because I didn’t actually read it until I myself became an adult. Although, the truth is I didn’t read most children’s stories until I became an adult. Which is strange. I’ve always been an avid reader. My mother or some relative told me that I came home from kindergarden or maybe even pre-school angry because they weren’t teaching us to read. I don’t remember that (or really any of my childhood), but I can certainly believe it. <\/p>\n

Somehow though despite a life-long love of reading, I don’t remember being read fairy tales or having them in the house. There was a Dr. Seuss book or two I think, and I remember looking at pictures of snakes in the encyclopedia, but that’s about it. I wonder if there were other books and stories that I’m not remembering.<\/p>\n

I finally got around to reading Alice a few years ago. I must have checked it out from the library or something because despite reading and enjoying it, I didn’t have a copy. Anyway, about six months ago I decided I really wanted a copy, so I purchased the Annotated Alice: The Definitive Edition<\/a>. I’ve yet to so much as crack it, but I’m really looking forward to it though once I get through my stack of books. <\/p>\n

This is all a round about way of saying I was very interested in the background<\/a> of the Alice books that Ultimate Insult<\/a> pointed me towards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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