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How did Lewis Carroll describe his first meeting with Alice Liddell and her sisters?

  • Unimpressive

  • Golden Afternoon

  • Unforgettable

  • Pleasant yet ordinary

Answer

The phrase'Golden Afternoon' encapsulates Lewis Carroll's idyllic first encounter with Alice Liddell and her sisters on a summer day in July 1858. As they frolicked beneath the golden rays of the afternoon sun, Carroll was captivated by their childlike innocence and vivacity, an encounter that served as the genesis for his legendary literary creation, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland."
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