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''Clara in Blunderland'' is a novel by Caroline Lewis (pseudonym for Edward Harold Begbie, J. Stafford Ransome, and M. H. Temple), written in 1902 and published by William Heinemann of London. It is a political parody of Lewis Carroll's two books, ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' and ''Through the Looking-Glass''. The book was followed a year later by a sequel, ''Lost in Blunderland''. The book is critical of the British Government's engagement in the Second Boer War. A number of prominent politicians are represented by characters from the "Alice" books: Clara (the equivalent of Alice) represents Arthur Balfour, the Leader of the House of Commons;〔Sigler, Carolyn, ed. 1997. ''Alternative Alices: Visions and Revisions of Lewis Carroll's "Alice" Books.'' Lexington, KY, University Press of Kentucky. Pp. 340-347〕 the Red Queen is Joseph Chamberlain, the Duchess is Robert Cecil, Crumpty-Bumpty is Henry Campbell-Bannerman, the Walrus is William Vernon Harcourt, the Dalmeny Cat is Lord Rosebery,〔Dickinson, Evelyn. 1902. "Literary Note and Books of the Month", in ''United Australia'', Vol. II, No. 12, June 20, 1902〕 and the Caterpillar is Winston Churchill. The book features 40 drawings after the originals by John Tenniel which were drawn by journalist J. Stafford Ransome, credited as "S.R.". ==Index== * Clara felt very listless i 1 * Time Time t 7 * Chestnut Land 14 * You thought you could shoot that wildebeeste on your 22 * She came across a little house 29 * The Goosebaby 35 * Get on to Joe 58 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Clara in Blunderland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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