A chapter-by-chapter path through the story without replacing the original text.
Chapter I
Down the Rabbit-Hole
Alice follows the White Rabbit, falls into the underground world, and discovers the first rules of size, doors, keys, and curiosity.
Chapter II
The Pool of Tears
Alice's body changes again, emotion becomes landscape, and the pool draws other creatures into her confusion.
Chapter III
A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale
A wet company tries to get dry through rules that are comic because they sound official while making little sense.
Chapter IV
The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill
The White Rabbit's house turns scale into slapstick, then the enormous puppy reverses the joke.
Chapter V
Advice from a Caterpillar
The Caterpillar makes Alice's physical changes into questions of identity, patience, and self-possession.
Chapter VI
Pig and Pepper
The Duchess's kitchen is loud, smoky, and unstable; the Cheshire Cat gives Alice directions into the logic of madness.
Chapter VII
A Mad Tea-Party
The Hatter, March Hare, and Dormouse turn tea into a circular performance of riddles, interruptions, and time gone wrong.
Chapter VIII
The Queen's Croquet-Ground
The Queen's authority arrives in a garden where roses, rules, and croquet equipment all refuse to behave normally.
Chapter IX
The Mock Turtle's Story
The Duchess returns briefly, then Alice meets the Gryphon and Mock Turtle for a melancholy parody of school and memory.
Chapter X
The Lobster Quadrille
The seaside material becomes dance, song, recitation, and theatrical instruction before the trial interrupts.
Chapter XI
Who Stole the Tarts?
The trial gathers the King, Queen, White Rabbit, Hatter, and court into a parody of legal order.
Chapter XII
Alice's Evidence
Alice's confidence grows, the court's logic collapses, and the dream returns to the riverbank.