The Westminster Alice
Fantasy novel, parody | |
| Published | 1902 (The Westminster Gazette) |
|---|---|
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | xii, 152 |
The Westminster Alice is the name of a collection of vignettes written by Hector Hugh Munro (Saki) in 1902 and published by The Westminster Gazette of London. It is a political parody of Lewis Carroll's two books, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass (1871).
The book features 48 drawings by Francis Carruthers Gould, after the originals by John Tenniel.
It is critical of the politics of the day, of which
Dormouse; Archbishop of Canterbury Frederick Temple is the Duchess; and Redvers Buller is Humpty Dumpty
.
Notes
External links
- The Westminster Alice at the HathiTrust Digital Library
The Westminster Alice public domain audiobook at LibriVox
Hector Hugh Munro (Saki) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Novels |
|  |
| Short story collections |
| |
| Short stories |
| |
| Plays |
| |
| Adaptations |
| |