Alice's Shop

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Alice's Shop on St Aldate's.


Opposite Christ Church, Oxford, England, is Alice's Shop on St Aldate's, It was formerly frequented in Victorian times by Alice Liddell, who used to buy sweets there and inspired Alice in Wonderland. She lived at Christ Church with her father Henry Liddell, who was Dean of the College and Cathedral.

Alice's Shop is now a gift shop for tourists selling souvenirs, especially based on Alice. A branch has opened in the Paddington/Bayswater area of west London at 3 Craven Terrace.

The Old Sheep Shop

The shop was featured as the Old Sheep Shop in Lewis Carroll's 1870 book Through the Looking-Glass. One of the original John Tenniel illustrations shows the inside of the shop. It was used as a setting in Chapter 5 of the book (Wool and Water) and is owned by a sheep in the story [1]:

On leaving the shop at the end of the chapter, Alice says:

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Lewis Carroll's Alice
Books: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There Alice in Wonderland: Alice The White Rabbit The Mouse The Dodo The Lory Eaglet Bill the Lizard The Caterpillar The Duchess The Cheshire Cat The Mad Hatter The March Hare The Dormouse The Queen of Hearts The King of Hearts The Knave of Hearts The Gryphon The Mock Turtle Through the Looking Glass: Alice The Red Queen The White Queen The Red King The White King The White Knight Tweedledum and Tweedledee The Sheep Humpty Dumpty Hatta Haigha The Lion and the Unicorn Film adaptations: 1903 film 1933 film 1951 film 1966 film 1972 film 1976 film 1981 film 1985 film 1988 film 1999 film Poems: "How Doth the Little Crocodile" "The Mouse's Tale" "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Bat" "" "'Tis the Voice of the Lobster" "Jabberwocky" "The Walrus and the Carpenter" Related topics: Alice Liddell Alice's Shop "The Hunting of the Snark" John Tenniel The Annotated Alice Works influenced by Alice in Wonderland
Christ Church (Latin: Ædes Christi, the temple or house of Christ, and thus sometimes known as The House), is one of the largest constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England.
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Oxford is a city and local government district in Oxfordshire, England, with a population of 134,248 (2001 census). It is home to the University of Oxford, the oldest university in the English-speaking world.
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"God and my right"
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No official anthem specific to England — the anthem of the United Kingdom is "God Save the Queen".
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St Aldate's is a street in central Oxford, England. It runs south from the generally acknowledged centre of Oxford at Carfax. Here it continues as Cornmarket Street to the north, with Queen Street to the west (both pedestrianized for shoppers) and the High Street continuing east
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Victorian era of the United Kingdom marked the height of the British Industrial Revolution and the apex of the British Empire. Although commonly used to refer to the period of Queen Victoria's rule between 1837 and 1901, scholars debate whether the Victorian period—as defined
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Alice Pleasance Liddell (May 4, 1852 – November 15, 1934) was the inspiration for the children's classic Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. Her surname Liddell is pronounced
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Title page of the original edition (1865)
Author Charles "Lewis Carroll" Dodgson
Illustrator John Tenniel
Country England
Language English
Genre(s) Children's fiction
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Henry George Liddell (February 6, 1811 – January 18, 1898) was Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University, Dean (1855-91) of Christ Church, Oxford , headmaster (1846–55) of Westminster School[1], author of A History of Rome
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Christ Church Cathedral is the cathedral of the diocese of Oxford, which includes the City of Oxford, England, and the surrounding countryside as far north as Banbury. It is also, unusually, the chapel of Christ Church, the largest college of the University of Oxford.
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A gift shop is a store primarily selling souvenirs relating to a particular topic, often to simply provide evidence that the consumer has visited that location. The items sold are generally fairly trivial, often including specialty food, coffee mugs, stuffed animals, t-shirts,
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Alice is a fictional character in the books Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass, which were written by Charles Dodgson under the pen name Lewis Carroll.
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Bayswater is an area of west London in the City of Westminster. It is a built-up district located 3 miles (4.8 km) west north-west of Charing Cross and borders the north of Hyde Park over Kensington Gardens.
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Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (IPA: /ˈdɒdsən/) (January 27 1832 – January 14 1898), better known by the pen name Lewis Carroll (/ˈkærəl/
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Through the Looking-Glass

Book cover of Through the Looking-Glass
Author Lewis Carroll
Illustrator John Tenniel
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre(s) Children's fiction
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Sir John Tenniel (February 28, 1820 – February 25, 1914) was an English illustrator.

He drew many topical cartoons and caricatures for Punch in the late 19th century, including the iconic dropping the pilot
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Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (IPA: /ˈdɒdsən/) (January 27 1832 – January 14 1898), better known by the pen name Lewis Carroll (/ˈkærəl/
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Title page of the original edition (1865)
Author Charles "Lewis Carroll" Dodgson
Illustrator John Tenniel
Country England
Language English
Genre(s) Children's fiction
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Through the Looking-Glass

Book cover of Through the Looking-Glass
Author Lewis Carroll
Illustrator John Tenniel
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre(s) Children's fiction
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White Rabbit may refer to:
  • Several breeds of domestic rabbit which are partially or completely white.
  • The codename of F. F. E. Yeo-Thomas, one of the main undercover British agents in Occupied France during World War II.

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The Mouse is a fictional character in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. He appears in Chapter II "The Pool of Tears" [1] and Chapter III "A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale" [2] .
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Dodo is a fictional character appearing in Chapters 2 and 3 of the book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson). It is a reference to Dodgson himself who had a stutter and very frequently pronounced his name "Do-do-dodgson".
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The Lory is a character appearing in Chapter 2 and 3 of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, a reference to Lorina Charlotte Liddell, Alice's older sister. Lorina also appears, unnamed, as herself at the beginning of the book.
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The Eaglet is a character appearing in Chapter 2 and 3 of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, a reference to Edith Liddell, Alice's sister.

In this passage Lewis Carroll incorporated references to everyone present on the original boating expedition of
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Bill the Lizard is a fictional character appearing in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

Introduced in chapter four, Bill is perceived by Alice to be someone who does all of the hard work for The White Rabbit and the denizens of the community.
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The Caterpillar is a fictional character appearing in Lewis Carroll's book, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

Introduced in Chapter IV ("Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill") and the main centre of interest of Chapter V ("Advice from a Caterpillar"), the Caterpillar is a
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The Duchess is a character in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, published in 1865. Carroll does not describe her physically in much detail, although her hideous appearance is strongly established in the popular imagination thanks to John Tenniel's
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Cheshire Cat is a fictional cat appearing in Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. It appears and disappears at will, engaging Alice in amusing but sometimes vexing conversation. The cat sometimes points out philosophical points that annoy Alice.
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The Mad Hatter is a fictional character initially encountered at a tea party in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The chapter in which he first appears, "A Mad Tea-Party", is often erroneously called "The Mad Hatter's Tea Party" but in fact it takes place
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