Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, “and what is the use of a book,” thought Alice “without pictures or conversations? ” So she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could, for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid), whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her.
Classic Literature
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland passages and copywork.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll is a timeless public domain classic that follows a curious young girl into a world where logic bends, language plays, and imagination knows no limits. As you read, notice how playful conversations and unexpected encounters reveal deeper questions about identity, curiosity, and the nature of growing up. Beneath its whimsical surface, the novel continues to reward readers who pause to discover new meaning in every return to Wonderland.
- Chapters
- 14
- Passages
- 291
- Comments
- 30
- Copywork
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Slow Reading
Read for the sentences that stay with you.
The Passage is built around passages rather than finished-book lists. Open Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, notice the line that asks for another look, and keep it close as part of your reading journal.
Sample Passages
A few places to begin.
There was nothing so very remarkable in that; nor did Alice think it so very much out of the way to hear the Rabbit say to itself, “Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!
” (when she thought it over afterwards, it occurred to her that she ought to have wondered at this, but at the time it all seemed quite natural); but when the Rabbit actually took a watch out of its waistcoat-pocket , and looked at it, and then hurried on, Alice started to her feet, for it flashed across her mind that she had never before seen a rabbit with either a waistcoat-pocket, or a watch to take out of it, and burning with curiosity, she ran across the field after it, and fortunately was just in time to see it pop down a large rabbit-hole under the hedge.
Copywork
Turn memorable sentences into practice.
Copywork gives a sentence more time. Type a passage exactly as it appears, then return to the words you chose with more attention than a quick highlight allows.
Reflect
Leave a public or private note on the sentence that mattered.
Copy
Practice one memorable line at a time through focused typing.