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 as stated in Chapter 9, “Alice did not much like keeping so close to her: first, because the Duchess was very ugly; and secondly, because she was exactly the right height to rest her chin upon Alice’s shoulder, and it was an uncomfortably sharp chin.” Her hideous appearance and short stature is strongly established in the popular imagination thanks to John Tenniel’s illustrations and from context it is clear that Alice finds her quite unattractive.
First Appearance Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865)
First Publisher Macmillan
Appearance List Literature: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865, 1866) by Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1872), The Nursery “Alice” (1890) early color/illustrated nursery edition), The Annotated Alice (1960). Film: Alice in Wonderland (1903) directed by Cecil Hepworth & Percy Stow, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1910) directed by Edwin S. Porter (Edison), Alice in Wonderland (1915) directed by W. W. Young, Alice in Wonderland (1933) directed by Norman Z. McLeod (Paramount), Alice in Wonderland (1949) directed by Dallas Bower (stop-motion puppets), Alice in Wonderland (1951, Disney), Alice in Wonderland (1966, BBC), Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1972) musical directed by William Sterling.
Sample Read Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland By Lewis Carroll, Illustrated by John Tenniel (1910) [Internet Archive]
Description 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 as stated in Chapter 9, “Alice did not much like keeping so close to her: first, because the Duchess was very ugly; and secondly, because she was exactly the right height to rest her chin upon Alice’s shoulder, and it was an uncomfortably sharp chin.” Her hideous appearance and short stature is strongly established in the popular imagination thanks to John Tenniel’s illustrations and from context it is clear that Alice finds her quite unattractive.
