Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Follow Alice down the rabbit hole into a world of talking animals and curious adventures. This classic fantasy story has been adapted in modern English for learners at CEFR A2 · Lexile 850L.

Lewis Carroll · Level: A2 · 12 Chapters

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1. Chapter 1. Down the Rabbit-Hole

   Alice follows a talking rabbit down a hole, falls slowly past curious objects, shrinks after drinking a potion, and cries when she cannot reach a key to a tiny door.

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2. Chapter 2. The Pool of Tears

   Alice grows extremely tall, cries a pool of tears, shrinks, and meets a mouse while swimming in the water.

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3. Chapter 3. A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale

   After swimming ashore, Alice and the wet animals try to get dry. The Mouse's boring history fails, so the Dodo organizes a chaotic Caucus-race where everyone wins a prize from Alice.

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4. Chapter 4. The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill

   Alice grows enormous after drinking from a bottle in the Rabbit's house, then shrinks by eating a cake to escape a crowd of animals.

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5. Chapter 5. Advice from a Caterpillar

   Alice, confused by her changing size, receives cryptic advice from a Caterpillar and experiments with a mushroom to alter her height.

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6. Chapter 6. Pig and Pepper

   Alice encounters absurd footmen, enters a chaotic kitchen with a pepper-filled Duchess and cook, and the baby she rescues turns into a pig before meeting the Cheshire Cat.

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7. Chapter 7. A Mad Tea-Party

   Alice joins a chaotic tea party with the Mad Hatter, March Hare, and Dormouse, where nonsensical riddles, circular logic, and absurd stories frustrate her before she leaves.

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8. Chapter 8. The Queen's Croquet-Ground

   Alice encounters gardeners painting roses, meets the volatile Queen of Hearts, and plays a chaotic croquet game with living equipment.

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9. Chapter 9. The Mock Turtle's Story

   Alice walks with the Duchess, who finds absurd morals in everything, then meets the Queen and is sent with the Gryphon to hear the Mock Turtle's melancholy school story.

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10. Chapter 10. The Lobster Quadrille

    The Mock Turtle and Gryphon describe and perform the Lobster Quadrille, sing songs, and listen to Alice's adventures before being interrupted.

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11. Chapter 11. Who Stole the Tarts?

    Alice attends a chaotic trial where the Knave is accused of stealing tarts, and witnesses give nonsensical evidence as she grows larger.

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12. Chapter 12. Alice's Evidence

    Alice disrupts the trial by accidentally knocking over the jury, then challenges the King's absurd rules and evidence before declaring the court is just a pack of cards.

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