ABSTRACT

This chapter is broadly divided according to three distinct forms of textual afterlife: adaptations for children, illustrated editions, and new retellings. It includes editions of both Wonderland and Looking-Glass that were adapted specifically for child audiences. The chapter explores specifically the emergence of illustrated Alices that provide new, often fairly radical, visualizations of the books for adults. It explores Macmillan great license with both Carroll's text and Tenniel's art in their production of their Little Folks' Alice. The chapter focuses on the various ways in which the Alice books have been revised or replicated by other authors. Whilst early imitations often simply alluded to Carroll's stories or loosely adapted them, perhaps with an eye to marketing fairy tales on the back of Wonderland's success, other adaptors worked to provide homages to Alice in a manner not dissimilar to contemporary fan fiction.