Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (In Our Time)
1865 · Resource
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Lewis Carroll's book which first appeared in print in 1865 with illustrations by John Tenniel. It has since become one of the best known works in English, captivating readers who follow young Alice as she chases a white rabbit, pink eyed, in a waistcoat with pocket watch, down a rabbit hole that becomes a well and into wonderl
On these timelines: In Our Time (BBC podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 1865
- Meiji Restoration (1868)
- German unification (1871)
- On the Origin of Species (1859)
- Pasteur develops germ theory of disease (1861)
- American Civil War (1861)
- Presidency of Abraham Lincoln (1861)
- Vladimir Lenin (1870)
- Founding of the German Empire (1871)
- British Raj (1858)
- Wars of German Unification (1864)