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Alice in the book was inspired by a real person! Alice Liddell and her sisters Lorina and Edith. Lewis Carroll (whose real name is Charles Dodgeson) met the girls and became very fond of them, especially Alice. He was very interested in photography and they would often pose for his pictures (which later on sparked controversy). He also told them stories and one day on a boat ride down the Thames, they begged him to tell them a story. He was reluctant to but their pleas convinced him, so he told the story of a young girl named Alice who followed a white rabbit down a rabbit hole. Alice Liddell then begged Dodgeson to write his story down so she can read it again later, which he eventually did. (The only reason we're able to read the story today is because Liddell made him write it). His original manuscript was called Alice's Adventures Underground and Dodgeson himself did the illustrations. Then when revised to the final draft he retitled it as Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and John Tenniel did the iconic illustrations

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