''Alice in Blunderland: An Iridescent Dream'' is a novel by

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. It was first published in 1907 by Doubleday, Page & Co. of New York, with illustrations by Albert Levering. It is a political

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of the two Alice books by

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, '' Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (1865) and ''

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'' (1871). It is critical of collectivism and economic issues such as taxation, corporate greed, and corruption. Instead of entering

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, Alice finds herself in "Blunderland", which is also described as "Municipal Ownership Country".

Plot

Alice travels to Blunderland where nothing is supposed to be, children live in the Municipal House of the Children and the Duchess and the City are their parents. Familiar characters made famous by ''Alice in Wonderland'' make appearances in the book, including the dormouse,

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, the Cheshire Cat and others.

Publication history

''Alice in Blunderland: An Iridescent Dream'' was published in book form in 1907. Part of ''Alice in Blunderland'' was previously published as "Alice in Municipaland" in ''Concerning Municipal Ownership'', vol. 1 no. 10 (December 1906), pp. 182–87."Alice in Municipaland : an iridescent dream"

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. Retrieved 2016-08-29. The book features line drawings by Albert Levering 1869–1929), after the original Alice illustrations by John Tenniel. In 1902, Bangs had written a book inspired by ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'', called ''

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''.

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