{"product_id":"the-dark-side-of-alice-in-wonderland","title":"The Dark Side of Alice in Wonderland","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Dark Side of Alice in Wonderland is the first time anyone has investigated the vast range of darker, more threatening aspects of this famous story and the way Alice has been transformed over the years.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough the children's story \u003ci\u003eAlice in Wonderland \u003c\/i\u003ehas been in print for over 150 years, the mysteries and rumors surrounding the story and its creator Lewis Carroll have continued to grow.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Dark Side of Alice in Wonderland \u003c\/i\u003eis the first time anyone has investigated the vast range of darker, more threatening aspects of this famous story and the way Alice has been transformed over the years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the Alice of horror films, Halloween, murder and mystery, spectral ghosts, political satire, mental illnesses, weird feasts, Lolita, Tarot, pornography and steampunk. The Beatles based famous songs such as 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds' and 'I am a Walrus' on \u003ci\u003eAlice in Wonderland\u003c\/i\u003e, while she has even attracted the attention of world famous artists including Salvador Dali. Take a look at why the Japanese version of Lolita is so different to that of novelist Vladimir Nabokov - yet both are based on Alice. This is \u003ci\u003eAlice in Wonderland\u003c\/i\u003e as you have never seen her before: a dark, sometimes menacing, and threatening character.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWas Carroll all that he seemed? The stories of his child friends, nude photographs and sketches affect the way modern audiences look at the writer. Was he just a lonely academic, closet pedophile, brilliant puzzle maker or even Jack the Ripper?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor a book that began life as a simple children's story, it has resulted in a vast array of dark concepts, ideas and mysteries. So step inside the world of \u003ci\u003eAlice in Wonderland\u003c\/i\u003e and discover a dark side you never knew existed!","brand":"Angela Youngman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53833976905941,"sku":"BS-I6J-797155","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9781526797155-HD.jpg?v=1779208138","url":"https:\/\/www.acornbookshop.com\/products\/the-dark-side-of-alice-in-wonderland","provider":"Acorn Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}