<P> Alice 's Adventures in Wonderland ( commonly shortened to Alice in Wonderland ) is an 1865 novel written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll . It tells of a girl named Alice falling through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar , anthropomorphic creatures . The tale plays with logic , giving the story lasting popularity with adults as well as with children . It is considered to be one of the best examples of the literary nonsense genre . Its narrative course , structure , characters , and imagery have been enormously influential in both popular culture and literature , especially in the fantasy genre . </P>
who is the author of alice 's adventures in wonderland
English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll