# Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.

- [All in the Golden Afternoon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/alices_adventures_in_wonderland_se/chapters/all-in-the-golden-afternoon.md): A poetic preface describing the origin of the story: three sisters (Prima, Secunda, Tertia) request a tale from the narrator during a leisurely boat ride. The narrator weaves the story of Alice's adventures to entertain 
- [Alice's Adventures in Wonderland](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/alices_adventures_in_wonderland_se/chapters/alice-s-adventures-in-wonderland.md): The opening chapter introduces Alice, a curious and imaginative child, who grows bored of sitting by her sister and spots a talking White Rabbit in a waistcoat. Following him down a rabbit-hole, she embarks on a surreal 
- [Down the Rabbit-Hole](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/alices_adventures_in_wonderland_se/chapters/i-down-the-rabbit-hole.md): Bored and drowsy, Alice follows a waistcoat-wearing White Rabbit down a rabbit-hole. She falls slowly down a deep well, passing shelves of curiosities, and lands unhurt. In a hall of locked doors, she finds a tiny key th
- [II: The Pool of Tears](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/alices_adventures_in_wonderland_se/chapters/ii-the-pool-of-tears.md): Alice, having grown to over nine feet tall, cries in frustration, creating a large pool of tears. She then shrinks after picking up the White Rabbit's fan, accidentally dropping the key and slipping into the pool. There,
- [III: A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/alices_adventures_in_wonderland_se/chapters/iii-a-caucus-race-and-a-long-tale.md): After swimming ashore from the Pool of Tears, Alice and the wet animals try to get dry. The Mouse attempts to dry them with a dull history lesson, which fails. The Dodo proposes a Caucus-Race, a chaotic, rule-free race w

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- [IV: The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/alices_adventures_in_wonderland_se/chapters/iv-the-rabbit-sends-in-a-little-bill.md)
- [Advice from a Caterpillar](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/alices_adventures_in_wonderland_se/chapters/v-advice-from-a-caterpillar.md)
- [VI: Pig and Pepper](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/alices_adventures_in_wonderland_se/chapters/vi-pig-and-pepper.md)
- [VII: A Mad Tea-Party](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/alices_adventures_in_wonderland_se/chapters/vii-a-mad-tea-party.md)
- [VIII: The Queen's Croquet-Ground](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/alices_adventures_in_wonderland_se/chapters/viii-the-queen-s-croquet-ground.md)
- [IX: The Mock Turtle’s Story](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/alices_adventures_in_wonderland_se/chapters/ix-the-mock-turtle-s-story.md)
- [The Lobster Quadrille](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/alices_adventures_in_wonderland_se/chapters/x-the-lobster-quadrille.md)
- [XI: Who Stole the Tarts?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/alices_adventures_in_wonderland_se/chapters/xi-who-stole-the-tarts.md)
- [Alice's Evidence](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/alices_adventures_in_wonderland_se/chapters/xii-alice-s-evidence.md)
- [List of Illustrations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/alices_adventures_in_wonderland_se/chapters/list-of-illustrations.md)

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